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Ranp, McNai.ly & Co., Printe-rs and EDgravers, lOS W. Raiuiolph St., Chi. 



Names of a portion of the Officers and Agents of the CHICAGO THROUGH 
LINE and of the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. 

JXO. NEWELL. President L C. IJ. K.. .:. ...-.•.-.. ' Chicago, IlL 

^^'. R. McKEAX, President Yandalia Line... ...... .' Terre Haute, Ind. 

A. L. HOPKINS. 2nd Vice-President I. C. li. K Chicago, HL 

A. MITCHELL. Gen. Sup't I. C. K. K Chicago, IlL 

.J. E. SIMPSON, Gen. Sup't Vaudalia Line Indianapolis, Inri. 

W. P. JOHNSON, Gen. Pass. Agent I. C. K. K Chicago, 111. 

FRANCE CHANDLER. Ass't Gen. Pass. Agent I. C. R. R Chicago, 111. 

CHARLES E. FOLLETT, Gen. Pass. Agent Yandalia Line St. Louis, Mo, 

JOSEPH F. TUCKER. Gen. Freight Agent I. C. R. R Chicago, 111. 

H. W. HIBBARD, Gen. Freight Agent Yandalia Line ; St. Louis. Mo. 

L. H. CLARK, Chief Engineer I. C. R. R Chicago, 111. 

W. K. ACKERMAN. Treasurer I. C. R. R ....'.. Chicago, 111. 

J. HAGER, Treasurer Yar.dalia Line Terre Haute, Ind. 

D. W. PARKER, Sup't Iowa Division I. C. R. R Dubuque, la. 

J. C. JACOBS, Sup't Northern Division I. C. R. R Amboy, 111. 

C. A. BECK, Sup't Chicago Division I. C. R. R Centralia, 111. 

S, J. HAYES, Sup't Machinery I. C. R. R Chicago, 111. 

C. R. PEDDLE, Sup't Machinery Yandalia Line terre Haute, Ind. 

W. A. ELMENDORF. Sup't Sleeping Cars I. C. R. R Chicago, 111. 

GENERAL AGENTS, 

P. H. DENNIS, General Agent I. C. R. R Chicago, 111. 

J. J. SPROULL, General Agent I. C. R. R.. No. 9 Astor House New York City. 

J. T. TUCKER, General Southern Agent I. C. R. R New Orleans. La. 

A. C. LOW, General Agent I. C. R. R Memphis, Teun. 

W. H. STENNETT, General Agent I. C. R.R St. Louis, Mo. 

.IAS. JOHNSON, Agent I. C. R. R Cairo, HI. 

PA SSENGER A GENTS. 

J, RAPELJE Sioux City, la. 

JNO. H. McCALI Rochester, N. Y. 

IRA F. i; ANDOLPH Indianapolis, Ind. 

A. C. COLEMAN Cairo, 111. 

ANDREW ATKINS St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. 

B. F. LONGLEY New Orleans. La. 

M. BARRON Chicago, 111. 

TEEMfNAL TICKET AGENTS. 

P. T. KIMBALL. Central Depot Chicago. 111. 

Vl\. Randolph Street Chicago, 111. 

F. W. PARKER, 22d Street Station Chicago. 111. 

JOSEPH CHAP.MAN Dubuque, la. 

J. B. SHELDON Cairo. 111. 

JNO. BKNTLEY, 102 North 4th Street St. Louis. Mo. 

H. A. HAMILTON Sioux City, la. 




Rand, McNally & Co., Printers, Chicago. 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 



EAST! 



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^Tlie Only Xiine Rianiaing; Th.T*o\i.e;li Cars from. 

SAITVT LOXJIS 

TO 

NEW YORK, CHICAGO, 

Oinciimati and Loiaisville, 

WITHOUT CHANGE ! 



May 1st, SCHEDULE. 1873. 

7.30A.M. DAY EXPRESS! 

With Palace Car through to New York, Chicago, Cincinuati or Louisville— Daily, 
except Sunday. 

4.45 P. M. ACCOMMODATION ! 

For all Way Stations— Daily, except Sunday, 

6.15 P. M. FAST LINE! 

With Pullman's Palace Sleeping Car through to New York, Cincinnati and Louis- 
ville—Daily. 

6.45P.M. CHICAGO EXPRESS! 

With through Sleeping Car— Daily, except Saturday. 



TKKET OFFICE,— >o. 100 North Fourth Street, corner Chestnut Street, 



. M. COLBUKN, JOHN E. SIMPSON, 

-Ticket Agent, St. Louis. Gen'l Sup't, Indianapolis. 

CHAS. E. FOLI^ETT, Gen'l Pass. Agt., St. Louis. 



Central Route for JSnnwier Tourists. 



ILLINOIS CENTRAL R R 

CHICAGO THROUGH LIN£. 



Trains on this Route run through from ST. LOUIS to 



CHI GJ^Gr O I 



WITHOUT CH^TsTGhE and oix QXJICI^ TIIVIE. 

The Equipment is of the finest description, and no pains will be spared to make 
this the Favorite Route to 

CHICAGO AJSn THE NOUTH AJSU EAST. 

SEE THAT YOUR TICKETS ARE VIA 

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, 

THE LINE THAT RUNS 

Through From St. Louis to Chicago, 



JOHN BENTLEY, W. H. STENNETT, W. P. JOHNSON, 

Ticket Agent, Gen. Agent, Gen. Pass. Ag't I. C:R.R , 

ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS. CHICAGO. 

A. A.TKINS, Traveling Agent, Kansas City. 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 



ST. LOUIS & NEW ORLEANS PACKET CO. 



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STEAMERS LEAVE ST. LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS 

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 

Connecting at all points with Railroads. THROUGH TICKETS 

for Sale at our Offices. 

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JNO. W. CARROLL, Snp' t. Office on Wharf Boat, foot Market St . , 
ST. LOUIS, MO. 

WOODS & BOFINGER, Agents, 104 Common Street, 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 



GEO. W. COLTON, Agent, 41 Broad Street, - 

NEW YORK. 

JIVO. ]V. liOFirsOEPC, r»res't, 

ST. LOUIS. 



P. S.— Through Bills Lading and passengers ticketed to Liverpool, via STATE LINE 
STEAMERS. 

This Company's Steamers will carry summer tourists from New Orleans to Cairo or 
St. Louis at low rates. The boats are the finest on the lower river. 



Central Routs for Summer Tourists. 



General Freiglit Department 

Illinois Central Railroad. 



The Illinois Central Raihoad will contract and transport promptly Freight of all 
kinds to or from CHICAGO and 



CAIRO, 
MEMPHIS, 
YICKSBURG, 
NEW ORLEANS, 
MOBILE, 
GALVESTON, 
ST. I.OUIS, 
KANSAS CITY, 
DENAEB, 
HENNISON, TEXAS, 



VANDALIA, 

PANA, 

DECATUR, 

CLINTON, 

BLOOMINGTON, 

PEORIA, 

DIXON, 

FREEPORT, 

GALENA, 

DUBUQUE, 



WATERLOO, 

CEDAR FALLS, 

SIOUX CITY, 

YANKTON, 

GILMAN, 

SPRINGFIELD, 

JACKSONVILLE, 

KEOKUK, 

BURLINGTON, 



And all points in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, 
Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and all points North, South, Southeast, 
Southwest, and West, reached by it and its connecting lines. 

With convenient docks at Chicago, uncqualed facilities are offered in the way of 
room, cheap and rapid handling, and prompt loading, to the receivers of lumber, 
timber, shingles, pig iron, railroad iron, coal, and like heavy freights. With its con- 
nections with Southern railroads, prompt transportation of the cotton, sugar and 
rice of the South, or of imported goods to Chicago, or to the interior of Illi- 
nois, Iowa, or the North or East, are secured, as also with the St. Louis and West- 
ern connections, for lumber, agricultural implements and merchandise for Ihe West, 
and Texas cattle for Chicago, or the feeding grounds of Illinois. 

The "Cairo Short Line" is the shortest rovite for freight from St. Louis to Cairo. 
and the South. There is no transfer or unloading of cars from Chicago to Sioux 
City, Dubuque, or the West, by this line. Rates always as low, or time as quick, 
as by any other route. 

For any information apply to 

JOSEPH r. TUCKER, 

General Freight Agent, I. C. R. R., 

58 Michigan Ave., Chicago. 



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SUMMER TOURISTS, 

OF 187S. 



Compiled by W. H. STENNETT, 

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GenlAgent^ Illinois Central R. R.^ St. Louis, Mo. 



PUBLISHED BY THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT OF THE 

ILLINOIS GEfif^'^^ ^^-L?^^^ r^OUGH LZ/Vf 



CHICAGO 

187S. 



W. p. JOHNSON, 


A. MITCHELL, 


GenH Pass'T AyH, I. C.R.R., 


GenUSt,pH,I. C. R. R., 


Chicago, III. 


Chicago, III 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 



TABLE OF COMPARISON, 

ShO"wing Difference in Time of Different Localities, 

EXPLAXATIOX.^Tlie ti<;ures opijosite the Cities in the left haiul columns, denote the hours and minutes- 
(s) slower, or (_!') taster, than the time of the City at the head of the column. 





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Albany, N. V., time is 


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.21 f 


.43 f 


.561 


l.OKf 


Nebraska Citv tin.,- is 


1 . 28 s 


1.08 = 


.46 s 


.33 s 


.23 s 


Altooiia, Pa. 


.15 s 


.05 f 


.27f 


.40 f 


.501' 


Newark, N. i. 


.01 f 


.21 f 


.43 f 


.56f 


1.06 f 


Atchison, Kan. 


l!->os 


1.05 s 


.43 s 


.30 s 


.20 s 


.New Haven, 


.u4f 


.241- 


.46 f 


..59 f 


1.16f 


Haltimore, Md. 


.10 s 


.lOf 


.32f 


.45 f 


..55 f 


Newport, 


.llf 


.31 f 


.46f 


l.OOf 


1.09 f 


Bloomimrton, 111. " 


.60s 


.40 s 


.18 s 


.05 s 


.05 f 


New Orleans, 


1.04 s 


.44? 


.22 s 


.09 s 


.01 f 


Boston, ^lass. " 


.12f 


..32 f 


.54f 


1.07 f 


i.nf 


New York. 




.20f 


.42 f 


..55 f 


1.05 f 


Bulfalo, N. Y. 


.20 s 




.22f 


.35 f 


.45f 


Niagara Falls, 


.20 s 


same 


.22f 


.35 f 


.45 f 


Burlington, la. " 


1.09 s 


.49 s 


.27 s 


.14 s 


.04 s 


Norfolk, 


.09 s 


.llf 


..33 f 


.46 f 


.56 f 


Cairo, 111. " 


I.OUs 


.40 s 


.18 s 


.05 s 


.05f 


Omaha. " 


1.28 s 


1.08 s 


.46 s 


.33 s 


.23 s 


Cambridge, „ " 


AM 


.31 f 


.53f 


1.06 f 


1.16f 


Paris, Fr.ance, " 


.-).05f 


5.25f 


5.47 f 


e.oof 


6.10 f 


Charleston, 


.24 s 


.04 s 


.18f 


.31 f 


.41 f 


Peoria, 111. 


1.03 s 


.43 s 


.21 s 


.08 s .02 f 


Chicago, " 


..555 


.35 s 


.13 s 




.lOf 


Phil.adelphia, " 


.05 s 


.15 f 


.37 f 


.5of l..iinf 


Cincinnati, " 


.42 s 


.22 s 




.13 f 


.23f 


Pittsburjr, Pa. 


.24 s 


.04 s 


.18 f 


.31 f .41 f 


Cleveland, 0. " 


.31s 


.11 s 


.llf 


.24f 


..34 f 


Portland, Oregon, " 


3.16 s 


2. 56 s 


2.34 s 


2.21 s-'.lls 


Columbus, O. " 


.36 s 


.16s 


.06f 


.19f 


.•Jilf 


Portl.<ind, Me. 


.15f 


.35 f 


..57 f 


l.lOf 1.20f 


D.avenport, la. '• 


1.07 s 


.47 s 


.25 s 




.02 s 


Providence, 


.lOf 


.30f 


.52 f 


1.05f 1.1; f 


Dayton, 0. " 


.41 s 


.21 s 


.01 f 


'.Ui 


.24f 


Quincv, 111. 


i.n s 


.51 s 


.29 s 


.16 s| .06 s 


Des Moines, la. 


1.19s 


.59 s 


.37 s 


.24 s 


.Us 


Richm'ond, Va. 


.14 s 


.06f 


.28 f 


.41 f .51 f 


Detroit, Mich. 


.36 s 


.16s 


.06 f 


.19f 


.y9f 


Rocliester, N. V. •' 


.07 s 


.13f 


.35 f 


.48 f .58 f 


Dubuque, la. " 


1.07 s 


.47 s 


.25 s 


.12 s 


.02 s 


S.acramento, " 


3.10 s 


2.50 s 


2.28 s 


2.15 s'-'. (15 s 


Evansville, Ind. " 


.55 s 


.35 s 


.13s 


same 


.lOf 


SiUt Lake Citv, 


2.32 s 


2.12 s 


1.50 s 


1.37 s 1.27 s 


Fort Wayae, " 


.45 s 


.25 s 


.03 s 


.lOf 


.20f 


S.auta Fe, 


2.08 s 


1.48 s 


•lios 


1.13 s 1.03 s 


Golden City, '- 


2.05 s 


1.45 s 


1.23 s 


1.10s 


1.00 s 


San Francisco, 


3.14 s 


2.54 s 




2.19 s 


2.09 s 


Hamilton, " 


.24 s 


.04 s 


.18f 


.31 f 


.41 f 


Saratoga, 


.01 f 


.21 f 


'.'43 f 


.56f 


1.06 f 


Harrisburg, " 


.11 s 


.09 f 


..31 f 


.44f 


.54f 


Savannah, •• 


.2Ss 


.08 s 


AU 


.27 f 


.37 f 


Hartford, 


.Oof 


.25f 


.47 f 


l.OOf 


1 . 10 f 


Sioux Citv, la. 


1..30S 


1.10s 


.48 s 


.35 s 


.25 s 


Indianapolis, " 


.4Ss 


.28 s 


.06 s 


.07 f 


.17f 


Springfield, Mass. " 


.06 f 


.26f 


.48 f 


l.Olf 


1.11 f 


.Jackson, Miss. 


1.05 s 


.45 s 


.23 s 


.10 s 


same 


Springfield, 111. '• 


1.02 s 


.42 s 


.90s 


.07 s 


.03 f 


Jackson, Mich. " 


.40 s 


.20 s 


.02 f 


.15f 


.25f 


St. Joseph, Mo. " 
St. Louis, Mo. 


1.24 s 


1.04 s 


.42 s 


.29 s 


.19s 


Jacksonville, 111. " 


1.05 s 


.45 s 


.23 s 


.10 s 


same 


1.05 s 


.45 s 


.23 s 


.lOs 




Jefferson City, " 


1.13 s 


.53 s 


.31s 


.18s 


.08 s 


St. Paul, Minn. '• 


1.16s 


.56 s 


.34 s 


.21s 


.lis 


Kansas Citv, " 


1.23 s 


1.03 s 


.41 s 


.28 s 


.18 s 


Syracuse, N. Y. " 


.09 s 


.llf 


.33f 


.46 f 


.50 f 


Lansing, Mich. 
Laramie, " 


.42 s 


.22 s 


same 


.13f 


.23f 


Terre Haute, " 


.54 s 


.34 s 


.12s 


.01 f 




1.58 s 


1..38S 


1.16s 


1.03 s 


.53 s 


Toledo, O. 


.38 s 


.18s 


.04 f 


.17f 


'.'2', f 


Leavenworth, 


1.23 s 


1.03 s 


.41 s 


.28 s 


.18 s 


Topeka, Kan. 


1.27 s 


1.07 s 


.45 s 


.32 s 


.22.- 


Little Rock, 


1.13s 


.53 s 


.31 s 


.18 s 


.08 s 


Toronto, " 


.22 s 


.02 s 


.20f 


.33 f 


.43 f 


London, Eng. " 


4.50f 


5.16f 


5.38 f 


5.51 f 


6.01 f 


Trenton, " 


.03 s 


.17f 


.39 f 


.52f 


1.02 f 


Louisville, Ky. 
Madison, Wis. 


.46 s 


.26 s 


.04 s 


.09 f 


.19 f 


Vicksburg, " 


1.07 s 


.47 s 


.25 s 


.12 s 


.02 s 


1.02 s 


.42 s 


.20 s 


.07 s 


.03 f 


■ Washington, D.C. " 


.12 s 


.08 f 


..30 f 


.43 f 


.53 f 


Memphis, " 


1 .05 s 


.45 :- 


.23 s 


.10s 


same 


Wheeling, 


.27 s 


.07 s 


.15 f 


.28f 


.3>i f 


Milwaukee, 


.56 s 


.36 s 


.14s 


.01 s 


.09 f 


Wilmington, N.C' 


.14 s 


.06 f 


.28f 


.41 f 


.51 f 


Mobile, Ala. " 


.56 s 


..36s 


.14s 


.01 s 


.09 f 


Wiluiin-rtou.Del. ■• 


.06? 


.14f 


.36 f 


.49 f 


.5;)f 


IMontreal, " 


.02 f 


.22f 


.44f 


.,57 f 


1.07f 


Winona. Minn; ■■ 


1. 11 s 


.51 s 


.29 s 


.16s 


.06 s 


Nashville, Tenn. " 


.51 s 


.31 s 


.09 s 


.04 f 


.14f 


Worcester. 


.09 f 


.29 f 


.51fll.04f 


1.14 f 



IW A difference of one iiriuute in time (latitudaof New York City), is equivalent to about nine and one-half 
miles in distance. 

A correct Time Table in thehands of the traveling community, is of but little value unless the standard of time 
be given. For example : tr.ains of the Lake Shore & Michigan" Southern, the Pittsburg, Fort W.ayne & Chicago, 
and tlie Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railways (as well as those of their several branches), are operated by 
Columbus, Ohio, time; which, by reference to our table, will be found to be 16 minutes slower than that of 
Buffalo, 12 minutes slower than Pittsburg, 14 minutes faster than Toledo, 12 minutes faster than Indianapolis, 19 
minutes faster than Chicago, and 20 minutes faster than St. Loui.^— a fact which, if not generally known at these 
several points, subjects both the Railway companies and the traveling public to serious inconveuienctr. ~^, 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 



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X'S5 

NOTE BY THE COMPILER. 



In preparing the following pages for the press, we have endeavored to give such 
facts and figures as may be found of interest to the Summer Tourist. We have freely 
culled items from such sources as have presented themselves, and those sources being 
so various we shall not attempt individual acknowledgments for what we have used. 

While we have freely used the labor of others, we shall be glad to know, as a 
return, that they will as freely use anything new or valuable that we may have evoked. 

To Tourists we would say we have endeavored to open up to them "paths they 
have not trod," and to show to them that in the North and Northwest are places as 
well worthy their attention as are any on the Atlantic coast, or in the interior of 
New England. 

Along our routes are large cities and towns, and numerous quiet villages, in which 
the Tourist can make pleasant sojourn, and enjoy health and quiet and comfort. 
Boating, bathing, fishing, shooting and hunting are accessible at numerous points on 
almost all of our routes, and any of these can be enjoyed without cost. 

The time cards we print herewith are those in efl'ect at the time we write, and are 
given merely to show the relative time that will or can be made during the summer 
season. When the excursion business begins, the Ticket Agents at all prominent 
points will be fully advised as to the current time, and they will be glad to give any 
information in their power. 

It will be noticed that we will place on sale at Cairo as well as at St. Louis, these 
reduced rate round trip Excursion Tickets. Tourists living south of Cairo can 
procure their tickets at the Ticket Office of the Illinois Central Railroad, at Cairo, if 
they so desire, or by writing to Jas. Johnson, Agent T. C. R. R., Cairo, naming the 
tickets you wish and enclosing the value of the tickets to him, he will send you the 
tickets. 

Palace sleeping car berths can be secured at Cairo or at St. Louis. 
These Tickets avill be placed on sale on the 15th day of May. 1873, and 

REMAIN ON sale UNTIL THE 31ST DAY OF AUGUST, 18T3, AND WILL BE GOOD TO 
RETURN TO St. LOUTS OR CAIRO UNTIL THE IST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1873. 

St. Louis, Mo., May 1st, 1873. COMPILER. 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 



GENERAL INDEX 



Page 

Atlantic & Pacific R. E. Lands 7 

Baraboo 26 

Bethesda Mineral Water 27 

Cairo Short Line 65 

Cairo to Cliicago 42 

Cairo to Effingham 44 

Chicago 11 

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 18 

Chicago & Northwestern R. R 16 

Chicago to Cairo 48 

Chicago to Dubuque 40 

Chicago to Dubuque and Sioux City. 30 

Chicago to Green Lake 27 

Chicago to Madison 23 

Chicago to Milwaukee— rail 17 

Chicago to Milwaukee— steamer 19 

Chicago to Marquette 28 

Chicago to Peoria and Keokuk 12 

Chicago to Springfield, 111 12 

Chicago to St. Louis and West. . . .66 

Chicago to St. Paul 49 

Condensation of Routes 6 

Dartford, Wis 27 

Depots and Time of Chicago R. R's. . 5 

Devil's Lake 26 

Distances from St. Louis 37 

Duluth 55 

Elroy Route 52 

Escanaba 32 

Excursion Tickets 10 

Forreston Route 40 

Goodrich Transportation Co 20 

Grand Rapids, Mich 35 

Green Lake 27 

Iron Regions around Negaunee 33 

Illinois Central Routes and Lines 8 

L C. R. R. Freight Department -. IV 

Keokuk Northern Packet Company.. 36 

Lake Side House, Madison, Wis 25 

List of Officers and Agents Cover 

Madisoji, WMs 23 

Marquette 33 

Marquette to Duluth 61 

Michigan Central R. R 34 



Milwaukee. 



22 



Milwaukee & Northern R. R 29 

Missouri Pacific R. R 7 

Niagara Falls 45 

Route No. 1 17 

Route No. 2 19 

Route No. 3 19 

Route No. 4 21 

Route No. 5 21 



Page 
21 
22 



Route No. 6 

Route No. 7 

Route No. 8 23 

Route No. 9 23 

Route No. 10 r. 26 

Route No. n 27 

Route No. 12 30 

Route No. 13 33 

Route No. 14 35 

Route No. 15 28 

Route No. 16 30 

Route No. 17 49 

Route No. 18 51 

Route No. 19 51 

Route No. 20 -..■ 52 

Route No. 21 38 



Route No. 22. 



35 



Route No. 2:3 37 

Route No. 21 44 

Route No. 25 46 

Route No. 26 46 

Route No. 27 44 

Route No. 28 46 

Route No. 29 54 

i Route No. 30 56 

Route No. 31 56 

Route No. 32 57 

Route No. 33 57 

Route No. 34 58 

Route No. 35 58 

Route No. 36 *.. 59 

Route No. 37 62 

Route No. 38 62 

Route No. 39 63 

Route No. 40 59 

Route No. 41 m 

Route No. 42 60 

Route No. 43 61 

Route No. 44 63 

Route No. 45 30 

Southern Connections 68 

St. Louis & New Orleans Pkt. Co.... Ill 

St. Louis to Cairo, and South 13 

St. Louis to Chicago 10 

St. Louis to Chiciigo. and East and 

North .-... 64 

St. Louis to Dubuque 46 

St. Louis to Dubuque, and West 47 

St. Paul to Duluth . : 54 

Table showing diflerence in time 2 

Vandalia Line I 

Waukesha, Wis 27 



CentrdX Route for Hummer Tourisiii. 



TIME CAKDS OF CONNECTING ROADS. 
CHICAGO. 



Pittsburg, Ft. "Wayne & Chicago R. R. 

Depot, Canal St., near Madison. Ticket Office, 
N.E. cor. Clark and Randolph Streets. 

Leave. Arrive. 

Day Express t 9 W) a m § 7 30 p m 

Pacific Express * 5 10 p m § 6 30 a m 

Fast Line tiSOOpin * 8 00am 



Chicago & North-Western Railway. 

Ticket Office. S. W. corner La Salle and 
Randolph Streets. 

Pacific Fast Line JIO 30 a m J 3 45 p m 

Pacific Night Express. . tlO 30 p m § 6 30 a m 

Milwaukee Mail t 8 00 a m $10 00 a m 

Milwauke.' Express i 9 45am i 4 CX) p m 

Milwaukee rassenger. . t 5 00 p m t 7 40 p m 

Milwaukee Passenger. . *11 00 p m * 5 00 a m 

St. Paul & Green Bay Ex JIO 00 a m t 7 15 p m 

St, Paul & Green Bay Ex **9 00 p m J 6 30 a m 



Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. 

Union Depot, corner Madison and Canal Sis. 

TicJcet Office, 61 Clark Street, and at the 

Depot. 
Milwaukee. St. Paul and 



Minneapolis Day Exp. t 9 00 a : 
Milwaukee and Prairie 



§ 7 20 a m 
tU 20 a m 

t G 00 p m 



du Chien Mail and Ex. % 4 .30 p m 
Milwaukee, St. Paul and 
Minneapolis Night Ex f 9 00 p m 

SAINT 

St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern R'y. 

Formerlij North Missottri R.R. Ticket Othce, 
113 ^V. Fourth St. Depot, Foot of Riddle St. 

California Express i 8 30 a m J 6 00 p m 

Kansas City Express. . . * 8 30 p m * 6 15 a m 



St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad. 

Ticket Office, 105 South Fourth Street. Depot, 
corner Main and Plum Streets. 

Mail t 8 30 a m Jll 00 p m 

Little Ptock Acc'n * 8 30 p m U 50 p m 



Atlantic & Pacific Railroad. 

Ticket Office, 115 North Fourth Street. Depot, 

corner Seventh and Poplar Streets. 
Springfield Day Express J 8 25 a m J 7 20 p m 
Texas Night Express. ..tSOOpm j:6 45am 



Michigan Central & G-t. West'n R'ys. 

Depot, Foot of Lake St. and Foot of 22d St. 

Ticket Office, S. F. cor. Clark and Rcmdolph 

Streets. 

Leave. Arrive. 

]Mail(via main & air line) t 5 30 a m J 8 45 p m 

New York & Boston Ex. J 9 00 a m J 8 00 p m 

Grand Trunk Day Exp . t 9 00 a m J 8 00 p m 
Atlantic Ex. (via air line 

f m Niles to Jackson) * 5 15 p m * 8 00 a m 
Special Grand Rapids & 

Pentwater Exp. (via 

Chicago & Mich. Lake 

Shore Railroad) t 9 10 p m i 6 00 a m 

Night P:.\press tt9 00 p m t§6 30 a m 

Grand Trunk Xigj^itExp W 00 p m * 8 00 a m 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R'y. 

Depot, cor. Harrison and Sherman Sts. Ticket 
Office, N. W. cor. Clark and Randolph Sts. 

INlail t 6 40 a m J 9 20 p m 

Special N eu York Exp. j 9 00 a m t 8 00 p m 



At 

Night 



5 15 p m * 8 00 a m 
m 00 p m t1:6 30 a m 



Chicago, Indianapolis & Cincinnati 
Through Line, via Kankakee Route. 

Depot, Foot of Lake St. Tickft Otn<-<>s, 121 
Randolph Street, 120 Waxhingtmi St., Tre- 
mont House, cor. Congress St ^ and Wabash 
Are., also foot of 22d St. 

Leave Chicago $8 00 am * 8 00 pm • 

Arrive Indianapolis i 4 20 p m * 3 50 a m 

Arrive Cincinnati i 9 30 p m * 9 15 a m 

LOUIS. 

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. 

Ticket rjffices, 404 Walnut St. and 115 North 
Fourth St. Depot, cor. Seventh and Poplar 
Sts. 

Kansas & Texas Day Ex. i 8 25 a m t 7 20 p m 
Kansas & Texas Ex. Mail * 5 00 p m * 6 45 a m j 
Kansas & TexasThro.Ex flO 00 p m tl2 55 p in/ 



Missouri Pacific Railroad. 

Ticket Office, 115 North Fourth St. Depot to 
Seventh and Poplar Sts. ^^^^ ^ 

Kansas Citv Express. . . t 8 25 a m t 7 20 p Ui 
Kansas City Express. . . * 5 00 pm * 6 45 a m 
St. Louis and Texas Exp +10 00 p m tl2 55 p m 



t Saturday uxcepted. J Sunday axcfpted. 

** On Sunday runs to St. Paul only. 



epted. 
t§S«, 



f J Saturday and Sunday excepted. 
f and Monday excepted. 



Central Route foj^ Sumtiur TouiHst^. 



CO>rDENSED LIST OF 
EXCURSION ROUTES NOTED IN THIS PAMPHLET. 

For details, see pages as noted hereon. 







Price of 


Price of 


' 


Route 
No. 


DESTINATION. 


Round Trip 
Ticket from 


Round Trip 
Ticket from 


See 
Page 






St, Louis. 


Cairo. 




1 


Milwaukee 


$19.20 


$20.40 


17 


2 




19.20 
19.20 
19.20 
19.20 


20.40 
20.40 
20.40 
20.40 


19 


3 


Milwaukee .... * 


19 


4 




21 


5 


Milwaukee 


21 


6 


Milwaukee 


19.20 


20.40 


21 




Milwaukee 


19.20 
22.60 


20.40 
2;3.80 


22 


8 


Madison . . : 


23 


9 


Madison 


22.60 


23.80 


23 


10 


Baraboo 


26.40 


27.60 


26 


11 


Waukesha 


20.20 


21.40 


27 


12 


Oconouiowoc. .... 


21.70 
19.20 


22.90 
20.40 


30 


13 


Grand Haven 


33 


14 


Green Bay 


30.00 


31.20 


35 


15 


Green Lake 


25.90 


27.10 


28 


16 




25.90 
35.20 


27.10 
36.40 


30 


17 


St. Paul 


49 


18 


St. Paul 


35.20 


36.40 


51 


19 


St. Paul 


35.20 


36.40 


51 


20 


St. Paul 


35.20 


36.40 


52 


21 


St. Paul 


.35.20 


36.40 


38 


22 


St. Paul 


35.20 


36.40 


35 


23 


St. Paul 


35.20 


36.40 


37 


24 


St. Paul 


35.20 


36.40 


44 


25 


St. Paul 


23.60 


24.80 


44 


26 


St. Paul 


31.60 


32.80 


46 


27 


St. Paul 


31.60 


32.80 


44 


28 


St. Paul 


29.60 


30.80 


46 


29 


Duluth 


45.20 
45.20 


46.40 
46.40 


54 


30 


Duluth 


56 


31 


Duluth 


45.20 


46.40 


56 


32 


Duluth 


45.20 
45.20 
45.20 
45.20 
45.20 
48.20 
48.20 


46.40 
46.40 
46.40 
46.40 
46.40 
49.40 
49.40 


57 


33 


Duluth . . . 


57 


34 


Duluth. ... 


58 


35 


Duluth 


58 


36 


Duluth.... 


59 


37 


Duluth. 


62 


38 


Duluth . 


62 


39 


Duluth. 


48.20 
33.60 
41.60 


49.40 
.34.80 
42.80 


63 


40 


1 Duluth.. 


59 


■",1 


'■>>uiuth 


60 


42 


Duluth 


41.60 
39.60 
48.20 
35.20 


42.80 
40.80 
49.40 
36.40 


60 


43 


Duluth . 


61 


44 


Duluth 


63 


45 


Marquette 


30 



Central Route for Hummer Tounds. 



MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD. 



A Word to Travelers.— We have a word to say in favor of the Missouri Pacific 
Raih-oad. It was the "pioneer" line Westward, and is the " old reliable" route to St. 
Louis. With the improvements which have been made during the past year, we believe 
that the Missouri Pacific Railroad has the best ti-ack and the finest and safest equip- 
ment of any line west of the Mississippi. It is the only line which runs three daily 
express trains of fine Coaches and Pullman Sleepers, equipped with the Miller plat- 
form and the patent air brake, from leading points in the West, through Kansas City, 
Sedalia and Jefterson City to St. Louis ivithout change, connecting at St. Louis with 
eleven different through rotdes to points North, East and South. Particular information, 
with maps, time tables, etc., may be had at the various "Through Ticket" Railroad 
Stations in the West, or upon personal or written application to G. H. Baxter, West'n 
Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo., or E. A. Ford, Gen'l Pass'r Agent, St. Louis, Mo. 



EMIGRATION^ TURNING ! 

Cheap Farms in South- West Missouri.— The Atlantic & Pacific Railro.id Com- 
pany oft'ers 1,200,000 acres of land in Central and Southwest Missouri, at from $.3 to 
.f 12 per acre, on seven years' time, with free transportation from St. Louis to all pur- 
chasers. Climate, soil, timber, mineral wealth, schools, churches and law-abiding 
society invite emigrants from all points to this land of fruits and flowers. For par- 
ticulars, address A. Tuck, Land Commissioner, St. Louis, Mo. 



ST. LOUIS ROUTE EASTWARD. 

The completion of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway from the North to Denni- 
sou, Texas, has opened up two first-class all-rail Routes to St. Louis and the East. 
At Vmita, (364 miles from St. Louis), the trains of this "Pioneer line from the 
North" connect with trains of that new and splendidly built line, the Atlantic & 
Pacific Railroad, and at Sedalia, (189 miles from St. Louis), they connect with the 
popular Missouri Pacific Railroad. Either Route is a good one— thoroughly 
equipped with all modern impi-ovements— and lands its passengers in St. Louis, 
the Metropolis of the Great West, in time to connect with eleven through routes to the 
North, South and East. 

The l«lt. Lovvis Iloxite is destined to become the popular one to 
all points East. Passengers have a free choice of routes over the Missouri, Kansas & 
Texas Railway: via Vinita and the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, or via Sedalia and 
the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Full information may be obtained at the offices of the 
Houston & Texas Central R. R., El Paso Mail Line, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail- 
way, or upon addressing E. A. Ford, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. 



Central Route for Snimmer Tourists. 



THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. 

— ^•^ 

St. Louis & Chicago Through Line. Chicago, Dubuque & Sioux City Line. 

St. Louis & Cairo Short Line. Chicago & Springfield Line. 

St. Louis, Dubuque & Sioux City Line. Chicago, Keokuk & Burlington Line. 

Chicago, Cairo & The South. Centralia & Dubuque Line. 

Chicago & Cincinnati Line, (Kankakee Route.) 

WHAT THEY ARE,JU<ID WHERE THEY RUN. 

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD 

Is divided into : First— T\\e Chicago Divisiost, is formed of that part of the line 
extending from f'hicapo to Cairo, (365 miles); C. A. Beck, SuperintencKMit. Centralia, 
111. Second— Y\\v Xoutiiern' Division", is that part of the Road that runs from Cen- 
tralia, 111., to Dnbnque, Iowa, (343 miles); .1. C. .Jacobs, Superintendent, Amboy, 111. 
Third— 1\\& Iowa Division, formed of the line from Dubuque to Sioux Cit}', Iowa (327 
miles), and a Xorthern Branch, running from Waterloo, Iowa (93 miles west of Du- 
buque), to Mona (orLylc), Minnesota, 80 miles, (say in all 407 miles in Iowa); D. W. 
Pai:kei:, Su|icrint('ndent. Dubuque, Iowa; all being under the general supervision of 
.John Xf.wi-.ll. President, A.L. Hopkins, 2d Vice-President, and A. Mitciikll, General 
Suiieiintciidcnt, Chicago. The General Passenger and General Ticket departments are 
controlled by W. P. .Johnson, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, and the General 
Freight department by .Joseph F. TfckePv, General Freight Agent, also at Chicago. 

THE ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO THROUGH LINE 

Is formed by the Illinois Central Railroad, between f'liirago and Effingham (199 miles) 
and the St. Louis, Vandalia, Terre Haute tV Indianapolis liailmad, from Effingham to St., 
Louis (US miles.) Over this line run TAVKE DAILY KACH WAT, BETWEEN ST. 
LOUIS AND CHICAGO, EXPRESS PASSKNCiEU TRAINS. WITHOUT CHANGE OF 
CARS, CONDUCTORS OR TRAINMEN. AND IN AS, QUICK TIME AS IS MADE 
BY ANY OTHER ROUTE. Over tlie same line freight of all kinds is transported IN 
THROUGH CARS, WITHOUT HANDLING OR BREAKING BULK, and at as low 
rates as are made by any other line. 

THE ST. LOUIS AND CAIRO SHORT LINE 

Is composed of the St. Louis, Belleville & Southern Illinois Railroad, St. Louis to Du 
Quoin (70 miles), and the Illinois Central Railroad, Du CJnoin to Cairo (76 miles), form- 
ing a short line from St. Louis to Cairo, of 146 miles. Over this route is run TWICE 
DAILY EACH WAY. BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND CAIRO, LIGHTNING EXPRESS 
PASSENGER TRAINS, WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS, making the through run in 
from 5 to 6 hours. Ovcrtliis line is also carried freight in through sealed cars. This 
line otters the shortest possible route from St. Louis to all points South and Southeast. 
It is from .30 to 150 miles sliorter than other competing routes. 

THE ST. LOUIS, DUBUQUE AND SIOUX CITY LINE 

Is formed by the St. Louis, Vandalia. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. St. Louis 
to Vandalia, (67 miles), and the Illinois Central Railroad from Vandalia to Dubuque 
(313 miles), and Dubu(|ue to Sioux City (327 miles). Close connections are made at 
Vandalia with the regular trains on the " Main Line " of the Illinois Central Railroad. 

THE CHICAGO AND CAIRO LINE 

Is the old and Avell-known " Chicago Branch " of the Illinois Central Railroad, and, as 
is also well known, extends from Chicago, south-west to Cairo, (365 miles). Over this 
route TWO THROUGH EXPRESS TRAINS RUN EACH WAY" DAILY WITHOUT 
CHANGE OF CARS, and over tliis line numerous fast freight trains run between the 
above named points. 

THE CENTRALIA AND DUBUQUE LINE 

Is the old " Main Line " of the Illinois Central Railroad, and is too well known to need 
further description. 



Central Route for Hummer Tourists. 



THE CHICAGO, DUBUQUE AND SIOUX CITY LINE 

Is composed of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chicago to Aurora) the Chicago & 
Iowa (Aurora to Forreston, 111.,) and the Illinois Central (Forreston to Dubuque and 
thence to Sioux City,) Railroads, forming a through line 528 miles in length. Over this 
line TWO THROUGH EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAINS RUN DAILY, WITHOUT 
CHANGE OF CARS, and freight of all kinds is transported without delay and without 
breaking bulk. 

THE CHICAGO AND SPRINGFIELD (ILL.) LINE 

Is forme<l by the Illinois ("enrral (Chicago to Gilman 81 miles,) and the Gilman, Clinton 
& Springfield (Gilman to Springfield 111 miles) Railroads, thus forming a line from 
Chicago to Springfield onlv VXI miles long. Over this line passengers and freight are 
daily carried with as great dispatch as over any other route. 

THE CHICAGO, KEOKUK AND BURLINGTON LINE 

Is composed of the Illinois Central (Chicago to Gilman 81 miles), and the Toledo, 
Peoria & Warsaw (Gilman to Keokuk 197 miles, and La Harpe to Burlington 20 miles,) 
Railroads. These roads form a .short line of 278 miles between Chicago and Keokuk, 
and 271 miles< Chicago to Burlington, Iowa, for the accommodation of the traveling or 
shipping public. 

THE KANKAKEE ROUTE, OR CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI LINE, 

Is over the Illinois Central (Chicago to Kankakee 56 miles), Cincinnati, La Fayette «& 
Chicago (La Fayette to Kankakee 75 miles), and Indianapolis, Cincinnati & La Fayette 
(Cincinnati to La Fayette 17S miles), making a through line only 309 miles long. Over 
this route is dis|,al(li<(l TWK'K DAILY EACH WAY, FAST EXPRESS TRAINS, 
WITHOUT CIIAN(;K ok cars T.KTWKF.X CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI, MAK- 
ING THE THROUGH RUN IX ABOUT 12 HOURS. 

OVER ALL OF THESE ROUTES, SUPERB DAY COACHES AND PALACE 
SI.EEPJNG CARS ARE RUN WITHOUT CHANGE. Speed, safety and comfort are 
guaranteed, and cheap rates for passengers and freight are at all times assured ; also as 
fast time as is made by competing routes. From the above, it will be seen that the Illinois 
Central Railroad can accommodate the public in almost any direction. Let the passen- 
ger wish to start from Chicago, St. Louis, Cairo, Dubuque, Sioux City or Mona, and let 
him reach this road at any of the numerous junction stations, he may be sure of through 
trains on the Illinois Central Railroad, running both ways in fast time. You can purchase 
throiigh tickets by this great route, at all the ticket offices. East, South, North or West. 
At Chicago, connections arc made with all trains on Michigan Central, Lake Shore & 
Michigan Southern, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroads, for all points East, (and 
here is a point worth remembering: by going by this route YOU SAVE ALL OMNIBUS 
TRANSFER AT ClIICAtiO. AS THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL CONNECTS WITH ALL OF 
THESE ROADS IN UNION DEPOTS. THIS SAVES A FEARFUL JOLTING ACROSS 
THK < ITY OF CHICA(;o, AND VERY FiiKCH'ENTLY PREVENTS THE BELATED 
PASSKNCiHR FROM MISSING CONNECTIONS.) It also connects with the Chicago & 
North- NVestern. and the Milwaukee & Saint Paul, for all points in Wisconsin and Minnesota, 
At Columbus, Ky., it connects with the Mobile & Ohio, for the Southeast, via Nashville, 
and for Mobile. New Orleans and all points South. (BY THE NEW SHORT LINE NOW 
P.UILDlNCi FROM JACKSON, TENN., TO CAIRO, VERY SOON TIJAINS WILL P.UN 
THi;oU(!H FROM CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS TO NEW ORLEANS, WITHOUT 
CilANGI-; OF CARS.) At St. Louis, connections are made with all the western railroads. 
At l)ul)U(|iie, connections are made with the Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota Railroad, for 
Mctiregor, La Crosse, and all points in Northeastern Iowa and Minnesota. Besides these 
connections, interchange of passengers and freight is made at Calumet, Matteson, Kanka- 
kee, Gilman, Paxton, Champaign, Tolono, Tuscola, Areola, Mattoon, Effingham, Edgewood, 
Odin, Ashley, Tamaroa, Du Quoin. Carbondale, Sandoval, Vandalia, Pana, Decatur,-€'linton, 
Bloomington, Normal, El Paso, Wenona, Lostant, Tonica, La Salle, Mendota, Amboy, 
Dixon, Forreston, and Warren, in Illinois, and Farley, Delaware, Cedar Falls, Ackley, Fort 
Dodge, and Le Mars, in Iowa ; all of which are stations on the Illinois Central Railroad, and 
which you can most expeditiously reach via the Illinois Central lines. 

Ticket Office at St. Louis, W. H. STENNETT, Gen'l Agent, 

102 N. Fourth Street. ST. LOUIS, MO. 

JOHN BENTLEY, Ticket Ag't. ANDREW ATKINS, West'n Traveling Ag't. 



10 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 

ROUTES Ax\D RATES FOR EXCURSION TICKETS 

— OF — 

CHICAGO THROUGH LINE, 

— AND — 

Illinois Central Railroad. 

SEASOISr OF 1873. 
FROM ST. LOUIS AND CAIRO, AND RETURN. 

Note carefully the route of each "■ foynn" of ticket. These routes cannot be changed. 
Determine exactly where you wish to go, and by what route; and if you order tickets 
by mail, give the number of the route you select, and loith your- 07^der send the moneij to 
pay for the tickets you wish. Send the amount by Post Office Money Order, or by Express. 

For tickets from St. Louis, send your orders to John Bentley, Ticket Agent, Illinois 
Central R. R., 102 North 4th Street, St. Louis, Mo. For tickets from Cairo, send your orders 
to James Johnson, Agent, Illinois Central Railroad, Cairo, 111. 

'XW For children between the ages of five and twelve years, half of the rates named 
herein will be charged for tickets over any of these routes. Children over 12 years will be 
charged full rates. 

Passengers holding Excursion Tickets can stop off anywhere en route, and resume 
their journey at pleasure. 

On leaving St. Louis, you take the trains of the Chicago Through Line ; (for particulars 
in regard to this Line, see another page.) These trains run through from St. Louis to Chicago, 
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS, Conductors, or Train Men. Palace Sleeping Cars are run 
on all night trains, and Elegant Day Coaches and Smoking Cars on all day trains. On this 
Route you pass through— 

Collinsville, (11 miles from St. Louis.) This is a pleasant little village on the first line 
of " bluffs " after crossing the great "American Bottom," (which is the old bed of the Miss- 
issippi,) beyond East St. Louis. The village contains about 2,000 persons, many of whom do 
business at St. Louis. Tliey enjoy the fresh air and quiet of the country, and yet are with- 
in hearing of the roar of the " Future Great City." 

Highlaiid, (30 miles from St. Louis.) Population about 2,500, the great majority being 
of German birth or descent. 

GreeuA'ille, (50 miles from St. Louis.) Here is the county seat of Bond county. Avery 
fine farming country is tributary to this town, and, until the completion of the Yandalia 
line to this point, Greenville had the trade of the county for many miles on every side of it , 
and reaped a rich harvest therefrom. At this place is located a female seminary, 
(under the auspices of the Baptist Church,) that has long enjoyed the reputation of being 
one of the best in the Slate. 



Central Route for Summer TourMs. 11 

Vandalia, (from St. Louis 67 miles, and from Dubuque 312 miles.) This is the county 
seat of Fayette county, and for many years was the Capital of the State. The old '* State 
House " is still standing, and from the cars presents a not mean appearance, even in this 
day of gaudy adornment of public buildings. At this place the " Main Line," or Northern 
Division of the Illinois Central R. II. is crossed, and those going via Dubuque here leave the 
" Chicago Through Line," and journey northward on the Illinois Central R. K. proper. 
Between this point and Effingham you pass through several thriving villages, and at Alta- 
mont you cross the line of the Springfield & Illinois Southeastern R, R. 

Eninghain, (97 miles from St. Louis.) Here you reach the Illinois Central Railroad 
again, and from here to Chicago you do not leave that road. At Effingham, tourists who 
left Cairo by the trains of the Illinois Central, will meet those who left St. Louis by the 
Chicago Through Line, and hereafter you can journey on in company. 

Effingham is the county seat of Effingham county, and now, having two railroads 
meeting here, Is largely increasing her population and business. 

We have not space to give anything like a full description of any of the cities and towns 
on the route. We will merely name some of the most prominent, and say that during the 
excursion season, the entire trip in Illinois may be likened to passing through a garden. 
Prairie flowers on every handbloom in profuse luxuriance, and mile on mile, as far as the 
eye can reach, is to be seen the waving corn, the wheat and oat fields in their green or 
golden hue, and the " cattle on a thousand hills," for this is " the land of milk and honey," 
if there be such in America. 

3Iatroou. Crossing of Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R.; also southeastern terminus of 
Chicago & Illinois Southern R. R. 

Passengers leaving St. Louis in the morning take dinner at Mattoon. Ample time is given 
for meals at all " eating points." 

Tolono. Crossing of Toledo, Wabash & Western R. R. 

Cliainpai^n, III. Crossing of Ind., Bloomington & Western R. R.; also R. R. and 
Express station for Urbana, two miles east. The best hotel is the Doane House, at depot. 

Gilinau. Crossing of the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw R. R., and the northeastern termi- 
nus of Oilman, Clinton & Springfield R. R. Cars run between Chicago and Springfield 
via Gilman Avithout change. 

Kankakee. Western terminus of Cincinnati, Lafayette & Chicago R. R. 

Mattesou. Crossing of the Illinois Central and Joliet Cut-off of Mich. Cent. R. R. 

Calumet. One-fourtli of a mile west of Calumet Lake. Junction of the Mich. Cent, 
witli the 111. Cent. R. R. Dining room, etc., in depot. 

Chicago. Estimated population at the present time, 441, (X)0; is the metropolis of the 
Northwest, the largest city in Illinois, and the county seat of Cook county ; situated on 
the southwest shore of Lake Michigan, 14 miles from its extreme southern point, and at 
the mouth of Chicago river. 

No city upon the globe can boast of more rapid or substantial growth than Chicago. 
A few years ago its present site was but an Indian village. Major Long, in his expedition 
to examine the sources of the St. Peters river, thus speaks of it: " The village presents 
no cheering prospects, as, notwithstanding its antiquity, it consists of but a few huts, in- 



We borrow from the admirable Railway Guide of Rand, McNally & Co., the descriptions 
of many of the towns we name in these pages. 



12 



Centrnl Route for Summer Tourists. 



ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAILMOAD. 
Olixxtoxx €^ SiK^riixsfie^lca. ZLbIxxo, 

TIME TABLE CORRECTED TO MAY 1st, ISTS. 



Leave Chicago (Central Depot) .. 

" Chicago (22d Street) 

" Grand Crossing 

" Calumet 

" Matteson 

" Kankakee 

Arrive Gilman 

Leave Gilman 

" Ridgeville 

" Melvin 

" Gibson 

" Farmer City 

Arrive Clinton 

p; c f Leave Clinton, going South 

. -S ; Arrive Decatur 

ss""-j " Moawequa 

i;.| I " Assumption 

^ s i " Pana 

Leave Clinton 

" Kinney 

Mt. Pulaski 

" Barclay 

Arrive Springfield — ^^^ 



1 Day Exp. 


Night Exp. 


|Ex. Sunday 


Ex. Satur'y 


7.30 a.m. 


8.15 p.m. 


7.43 " 


8.28 " 


8.00 " 


8.45 " 


8.10 " 


8.55 " 


8.43 " 


9.26 " 


9.50 " 


10.25 " 


10.52 " 


11.20 " 


11.20 " 


11.30 •' 


11.34 " 


11.44 " 


12.10p.m. 


12.20 a.m. 


12.37 " 


12.46 " 


i.m " 


1.50 " 


2.30 " 


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habited by a miserable set of men, scarcely equal to the Indians from whom they are 
descended. Their log or bark houses are low, filthy and disgusting, displaying not the 
least trace of comfort. Chicago is perhaps one of the oldest settlements in the Indian 
country ; its name, derived from the Pottawatomie tongue, signifies either a skunk or wild 
onion ; and either of these significations has been given it." Mention is made of the 
place as having been visited in 1671 by Perot, who found " Chicago " to be the residence of 
a powerful chief of the Miamis. The number of trails centering at this point, and their 
apparent antiquity, indicate that it was probably for a long period the site of a large 
Indian village. 

In 1848 there was no railway leading to or from Chicago. The Avhole State had but 55 
miles of railroad, extending from Meredosia, on the Illinois I'iver, to Springfield. The 
Illinois and Michigan canal had just been opened, and gave the first real and great impetus 
to trade, and the prosperity of the city. Five days was then quick time in the summei 
between New York and Chicago. The route was by steamer to Albany; thence by 
rail to Buflalo ; by steamer from Bufl'alo to Detroit ; thence by the Michigan Central Rail- 
way to Kalamazoo ; thence by stage to St. Joseph, and steamer thence to Chicago. 

Sixteen miles of the Galena Railway were opened to Cottage Hill in 1849, and the open- 
ing of the road to Elgin on the 22d of January, 1850, was a grand alfair. The Michigan 
Southern was the first road to reach the city from the East, in February, 1852, and the 
Michigan Central was opened some three or four months later. To-day Chicago is the 
western terminus of the Michigan Central, the western terminus of the Chicago & Michi- 
gan Lake Shore, (via the M. C. track from New Bufl'alo) ; the northwestern terminus of the 
Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago, (via the M. C. track from Michigan City) ; the western ter- 
minus of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern ; the northwestern terminus of the Pitts- 
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, and the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis ; the northern 
terminus of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago, and the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes, 
(via the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis track) ; the northern terminus of the Illinois 
Central ; the northeastern terminus of the Chicago & Alton, and the Chicago, Burlington 
& Quincy, (with her eleven branches) ; the eastern terminus of the Chicago, Rock Island 
& Pacific ; the converging point of the eight distinct lines of the Chicago & North- 
western Railway ; and southern terminus of Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R.— J. R. Robinson. 

No city in the United States has increased so rapidly as Chicago. The first census was 
taken in 183T, the entire population numbering 4170. In 1840 the census was 4853 ; in 1850, 
29,963 ; in 1860. 110,973 ; and in 1870, 298,977. Although having been the scene of the most dis- 
astrous conflagration known In the history of the world, the population is at the present 
time even greater than that shown by the last census. During the fire of October 8-9, 1871, 
all that portion of the city north of Harrison street, and east of the North and South 
branches of the river, Avas entirely consumed, representing an area of nearly 3,000 acres in 
extent, and embracing all the business and much of the residence portion of the city. 

Notwithstanding the great damage to all business interests, the statistics of trade of all 
kinds, for the year 1872, compare most favorably with those of any previous year, and with'' 
the present prospects, the aggregate for the year 1873 promises to exceed all others. 

The elevator capacity of Chicago before the fire was 11,580,000 bushels. The fire destroyed 
but three elevators of importance, reducing the aggregate storage capacity some hundreds 
of thousands of bushels only ; others are in process of erection, and before the winter of 
'73-4, the storage capacity of the city will be greater than ever. 

The great importance of the Lumber Trade in the Northwest involves a financial and 



Central Route far Summer Tourists. 15 



commercial interest almost beyond computation. For many years Chicago has been the 
largest lumber market in the world. The total amount received during the year 18T1, was 
over one thousand million feet, one hundred and fifty-eight million shingles, and one 
hundred and two million lath, the sales of which in the aggregate amounted to nearly 
seventeen million dollars. The increased demand the present year over any previous one, 
will doubtless materially enlarge these figures. 

From the Fire Marshal's report for the year 1871, we are able to deduce some valuable 
statistics concerning the great conflagration. 

The marshal limits the fire to a duration of 29, hours, and places the number of buildings 
destroyed at 25,000, covering an area of 2,000 acres. His estimate of the losses is undoubt- 
edly trustworthy, ample time having been employed to ascertain the details. The loss to 
the Fire Department he makes $146,076.09, and divides the general losses as follows : 

BUILDINGS. 

Business blocks $33,515,000 

Railroad depots, and Chamber of Commerce 2,700,000 

Hotels 3,100,000 

Theatres 865,000 

Buildings and Publishing Companies 888,000 

Public Buildings, City and County 3,384,800 

Schools and Churches 3,238,780 

Brick and Frame Dwellings, and light business places 3,808,420 



PERSONAL PROPERTY. 

Grain and Flour $ 1,332,500 

Produce and Provisions 2,280,000 

Lumber and Coal 1,444,000 

Dry Goods 13,500,000 

Boots, Shoes and Leather 1,175,000 

Books and Paper stocks 1 845,000 

Groceries and Drugs 5,185,000 

Clothing and Millinery 5,260,000 

Hardware 3,810,000 

Musical Instruments and Jewelry 2,900,000 

Hats, Caps and Furs 1,060,000 

Stock, Machinery and Products 13,255,000 

Stocks and Business Furniture 26,775 000 

Household Property 41,000,000 

Manuscript Works, and Public Records 10,000,aW 

Libraries and Moneys 7 710,000 



Total $138,526,500 



I Total loss $190,526,500 

I Total Insurance on same 90,000.000 

Loss over Insurance $100,526,500 

Hotels of Chicago. Of all the magnificently appointed hotels, justly the pride of Chicago 
and the Northwest, but two or three escaped the general destruction. While the city was 
still in flames, plans were being matured for new structures, and at the present time (sum- 
mer of '73) it is estimated that the hotel property actually in process of erection, when 
(completed, will in the aggregate cost more than thirteen million dollars. 



16 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 

CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTSRN R'Y, 

Embracing-, iiiidor one Manairement, the 

Great Trunk Rail^^aj Lines 

OF THE NOBTHWEST. 

THE DIRECT Z^ OITLY ALL RAIL ROUTE 

FROM CHICAGO TO 

Points Oil Green Bay and Lake Superior, 



THE " PIONEER LINE " CARRYING ALL CLASSES OF PASSENGERS 

From CHICAGO to ST. PAUL and intermediate points AVithout Change of Cars. 
This route passes through Madison, the Lake District, and the wonderful Baraboo 
Valley, thus aftbrding to passengers the most picturesque and delightful scenery to be 
found in the Northwest. 

Tlie old established and favorite *" LaJce Shore Jioiite,'" 

TO KENOSHA, EACINE AND MILWAUKEE. 

SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS GIVEN TO EXCURSIONISTS 

Wishing to visit the remarkable Mineral Regions of the Lake Superior Country. 

THROUGH TICKETS TO ALL POINTS IN THE NORTHWEST 

Can be procured at all principal Ticket Offices in the United States. 

Ask for Tickets via the "Chicago & North- Western." 



M. HUGHITT, H. P. STANWOOD, 

UcnU Sui)eriutendeut. Oeu'l Pass, Agent. 



Central Route for Summer Tourist)^. 17 

ROUTE No. I. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Milwaukee and return. All Rail. 

Tickets S519.20 each from St. Louis. 
J8530.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central li. R. 

Chicago to Milwaukee " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Return via same route. 

CHICAGO TO MILWAUKEE, VIA MILWAUKEE DIVISION CHICAGO & 
NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. 

Chicago, III. From Ivinzie Street Depot. 

Evanston, 111. Beautifully situated on the sliore of Lake Michigan, twelve miles 
north of Chicago. Being witliin easy distance of the city, it is considered a desirable 
location for suburban residences, and particularly so, from the educational advantages 
it possesses. It is the seat of the Northwestern Female College, the Northwestern 
University, and the Garrett Biblical Institute; also the location of the Illinois State 
Soldiers' Home and the Greenleaf Public Library. 

Waiikeg-an, 111. County seat of Lake county; on the shore of Lake Michigan, 
situated on a high bluft' commanding an extensive view of the lake. There is here 
one weekly paper, one National bank and a good local business interest. 

Kenosha, Wis. Junction and eastern terminus of Kenosha Division of Chicago 
& North-Western R'y. County seat of Kenosha county, on the shore of Lake Michi- 
gan, at the mouth of Kenosha river which forms an excellent harbor. It has two or 
three weekly papers, one National bank, and a large local manufacturing interest. 

Racine, TVis. Eastern terminus of Eacine Branch of Western Union Railroad; 
county seat of Eacine county, on the lake shore, at the mouth of Eoot river, which 
here furnishes one of the best harbors on the lake. Location of Racine College and 
the Taylor Orphan Asylum. It has also four weekly papers, two National banks, one 
private bank, a good manufacturing interest, and is the center of an active trade. Its 
manufactures are chiefly hard wood timber, and include the extensive establishments 
of J. I. Case & Co.'s threshing machines, Daniel Bull's fanning mills, and others of 
more local importance. 

And then you reach Milwaukee. 

Some people say that, in the event of an accident, it is best to sit in the rear car- 
others would prefer the center car— and others would like to sit well forward. Such 
is the difference of opinion. But if you were to ask me which I would choose, I should 
say, let me sit in my arm-chair at home. 



18 6en1/rcd Route for Summer Tourists. 



|'l<<'»9«'» Jiiwaukcc | |t. |)mtl jjailitiag. 

{MIJLWJLUKEE & ST. PAUL B'Y CO.) 

THROUGH FROM CH:IC^G0 

-TO- 

Ht, Paul and Ifliuueapoli^. 

THE ONLY THUOU&H LINE VIA MILWAUKEE. 



This line reaches more Business Centers and Pleasure Resorts, without change, than 
any other Northwestern line from Chicago. Among the prominent Tourist Resort!" 
local to this line, are Waukesha, Pewaukee. Hartland, Oconomowoc, Kilbourn City, 
(and the "Dalles of the Wisconsin River,") Frontenac, Lake Pepin, Fort Snelliug, and 
Minne-ha-ha Falls. Added to the above, this Road passes along the shore of the 
Upper Mississippi River, for one hundred and thirty miles, in full view of all its 
grand scenery, and is the most pleasant route in the coimtry. 

Iq addition to the above points of resort of summer travel are Green Luke, in 
Wisconsin, near Ripon, on the line of this Company, and Madison, the capital of 
Wisconsin, on the line of this Road. The several lines owned and operated by this 
('ompany, direct, aggregate 1,451 miles at the present time; and the Company is 
constantly adding thereto by extensions in Iowa' Minnesota and Wisconsin. 

The distance from Chicago to Milwaukee and St. Paul is as short as the shortest. 
The Road is fully stocked with Palace Day and Sleeping Coaches, and every 
appliance for convenience and comfort, including the best of Eating Houses at 
convenient points . 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 19 

ROUTE No. 2. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Milwaukee and return. All Bail. 

Tickets 8^19.20 each from St. touis. 
" SS30.40 " ♦' Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Milwaukee " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Return via mme route. 

CHICAGO TO MILWAUKEE. 

By the way of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad you pass through a 
new country. The line from Chicago to Milwaukee has just been opened, and is as 
well built a line as there is anywhere. The road and equipments are flrst-class iu 
every respect; its managers and officers old railroad men, and its trainmen careful 
and thoroughly posted in their line of duty. 



ROUTE No. 3. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Milwaukee and return. Bail and Steamer. 

Tickets !»19.20 eacli from St. liOuis. 
.•S30.40 «' '* Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Milwaukee " Steamer. 

Eeturn via same route. 



GOODEICH TEANSPORTATION CO. 

The above is the corporate name for a line of staunch side-wheel Steamers that run 
from Chicago to Racine, Milwaukee. Port Washington, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Two 
Rivers, St. Joseph, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Manistee, etc. They also leave tri- 
weekly for Kewaunee, Ahuepee, Green Bay, Menominee, Oconto, etc. The boats are 
elegantly equipped with everything requisite for the comfort of the traveling public. 
It will be noticed that a portion of our "routes"' are to or from Chicago over the 
boats of this line. 

U^" Berths only are included in the fare on all routes via Steamer from Chicago. Meals 
will be charged extra. 



20 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 



187 S. G-OODRICH 1873. 

Transportation Company 

A. E. GOODRICH, Pres't, Chicago. 

THOS. G. BUTLIN, J. M. GOODRICH, WM. H. WRIGHT, 

Superintendent. Vice-President. Sec'y and Treas . 



The finest Lines of Passenger Steamers on the whole chain of Lakes, are those of 
the " GOODRICH TRANSPORTATION CO." And they are the only large Side 
"Wheel Passeuger Steamers on the upper Lakes. 

The Steamers owned by this Company are nine in number, and nearly all new. They 
consist of five large and elegant side-wheel low pressure Steamers, and four A 1 
upper cabin Propellers. These Nine Steamers form five separate Lines on Lake 
Michigan. 

No finer summer pleasure trip can be found than that which can be enjoyed on these 
splendid Steamers. 

For any information required, Passage or Freight, apply to or address 

O. HURSON, A. E. GOODRICH, 

Agent. Milwaukee. Presidkxt, Chicago. 



Lake Micliigan West Shore Line. 

The New and Magnificent Low Pressure Side Wheel Passenger Steamers SHEBOYGAN 

and MANITOWOC, will form a Daily Line between Chicago, Milwaukee, 

Sheboygan, etc., as follows: Leave Chicago every morning 

(Sundays excepted), at 9.00 o'clock. 



Lake Michigan East Shore Line. 

The Side Wheel Passenger Steamers ALPENA and MUSKEGON will form a Daily 

Line between Chicago, Grand Haven and Muskegon, as follows: Leave 

Chicago every evening (Sundays excepted), at T.OO o'clock. 



ST. JOSEPH LINE TO THE GREAT FRUIT COUNTRY! 

The New and Splendid Side Wheel Passenger Steamer CORONA will leave Chicago 

for St. Joseph every morning (Sundays excepted), at 10.00 o'clock. 

Saturday's Boat will not leave until 11.80 r. m. 



GUBJEN BAY LINE. 

The A 1 Upper Cabin Steamers OCONTO. TRfTESDELL and ST. JOSEPH will 
form a Semi-weekly Line between Chicago and Grei'ii Bay, touching at all intermediate 
ports as follows: Leave Chicago every Tuesday and Friday evenings, at 7.00 o'clock. 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 21 

ROUTE No. 4. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Milwaukee and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets $19.20 eacli from St. Louis. 
" S30.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Tlirough Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Milwaukee " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Milwaukee to Chicago " Steamer. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 

ROUTE No. 5. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Milwaukee and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets $19.30 each from St. Louis. 
" $20.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 



or Cairo to Chicago... 
Chicago to Milwaukee. 
Milwaukee to Chicago. 
Chicago to St. Louis... 
or Chicago to Cairo 



Illinois Central R. R. 

Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R 

Steamer. 

Chicago Through Line. 

Illinois Central R. R. 



ROUTE No. 6. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Milwaukee and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets $19.20 each from St. Louis. 
" $20.40 ♦' '• Cairo. 

I St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

I or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

I Chicago to Milwaukee " Steamer. 

I Milwaukee to Chicago " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

\ Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 

Always check your baggage before starting; but if you lose your checks afterwards 
you might as well have saved yourself the trouble of checking it. 

Babies are the coupons attached to the bonds of matrimony. The interest is due 
at random. 



22 Central Route fm' Summer Tourists. 

ROUTE No. 7. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Milwaukee and return. Kail and Steamer. 

Tickets 1*19.30 each from St. Louis. 
" «30.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Milwaukee " Steamer. 

Milwaukee to Chicago " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 

Milwaukee. This city is most delightfully situated on the western shore of Lake 
Michigan, on a magnificent bay, formed by two projecting headlands which make a 
safe and extensive harbor. The bay is some nine miles in width, and aftbrds a refuge 
for vessels in case of storms. The Milwaukee river flows down from the north, at an 
average distance of from half to three-quarters of a mile from the lake, till it reaches 
a point a little south of the center of the city, when it turns at almost a right angle and 
flows into the lake, through an artificial cut. This has made the passage to the lake 
much shorter, and has resulted in the closing up of the old mouth of the river, some mile 
or so below. Just where the Milwaukee turns to reach the lake it is joined by the 
Menomonee river, which, after winding for two miles through a wide marsh, is lost in 
its larger neighbor. The two rivers divide the city into what are known as the east, 
west and south sides. Milwaukee contains a population of about 90,000 people. It is 
regularly laid out; the streets are wide and are lined with buildings eminently adapted 
for all the requirements of so extensive a place. The business part of the city lies 
on either side of the river and follows it up closely for over two miles. As you go 
back from the river you find yourself gradually ascending, till you stand on an elevation 
of considerable height, and can see the city spread out at your feet. The streets have a 
gradual rise, therefore, as you recede from the river, and when you come to the lake 
shore you stand on a high bluflf. These two rivers, the Milwaukee and Menomonee, 
give vessels and steamers easy access to the very heart of the city, and aftbrd great 
assistance to the heavy commerce carried on. The healthfulness of the city is some- 
thing remarkable. Its location, the cleanliness of the streets, the admirable sanitary 
regulations which are stringently enforced, and the intelligence of the people, all com- 
bine to prevent any disease from obtaining a foothold and to keep at a distance those 
epidemics which so frequently prevail in large cities. The stranger who visits 
Milwaukee is at once struck by its neat and clean appearance. This is due to 
the care taken in keeping the streets in excellent order, but largely, also, to 
the cream-colored brick, widely known as "Milwaukee brick," of which the 
buildings are almost exclusively constructed. Those facts, together with the 
width of the streets, give the place a most charming and delightful look, afl"ording 
a pleasing variation to the monotonous rows of glaring red bricks met with in the 



Central Route foi' Summer Tourists. 23 



large eastern cities. As a summer resort, Milwaukee possesses many peculiar attrac- 
tions that are every year becoming more widely known, and that specially commend 
it to those who seek rest and recuperation during the hot months of the year. 
Situated on the banks of a beautiful lake it is fanned by the invigorating breezes that 
pour in an almost continual current over the broad waters. These bring relief and 
comfort, even in the hottest seasons. The hotel accommodations are of the very 
finest character. 

ROUTE No. 8. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Madison and return. All Rail. 

Tickets S23.60 eacli from St. L,oiiis. 

" «33.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R.E. 

Chicago to Madison " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Return via i^anie route. 



ROUTE No. 9. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Madison and return. All Rail. 

Tickets S33.60 each from St. Louis. 

" S33.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. E. 

Chicago to Madison " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Return via same route. 

Madison. Capital of the State of Wisconsin, and county seat of Dane Co. The 
junction of the Prairie du Chien Division and the Madison branch of the Milwaukee 
& St. Paul Eailway, at the crossing of the Madison Division of the Chicago & North- 
western Railway : also the southern terminus of the Madison & Portage R. R. 

The city is pleasantly situated on an isthmus about three-fourths of a mile wide, 
between Lakes Mendota and Monona, in the center of a broad valley, surrounded by 
heights from which it can be seen at a distance of several miles. Lake Mendota lies 
northwest of the town, is six miles long, and four miles wide, with clean, gravelly 
shores, and a depth sufficient for navigation by steamboats (estimated at about 60 feet.) 
Lake Monona is somewhat smaller. 

The Capitol building is a beautiful stone structure, standing on an eminence 70 feet 
above the level of the lakes, in the centre of a public park of 14 acres," and contains 
the very valuable State Historical Library, the State Library, and collections of the 
Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. (Its cost was $500,000.) The new U. S. Court 
House and Post Office is a costly and handsome edifice. The newly appointed U . S, 



24 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 



District Judge resides here, and much business is done in the court recently organized. 
The streets which lead from the Capitol towards the cardinal points descend gradually 
to the shores of the lakes, excepting the one which extends westward to College Hill. 
On tliis eminence, one mile west of the Capitol, and about 125 feet above the lake, is 
situated the University of Wisconsin, which has 20 professors and instructors, a good 
law department, and a department for females, with a building expressly for them. 

Among the best of its hotels is the Lake Side House. This beautiful and popular 
summer resort, which many of our readers will evei* remember with pleasure, has 
lately been renovated and greatly improved, and few watering places in the country 
now present more inviting and attractive features. It is located in the most healthy 
and delightful portion of the Northwest, and easy of access from all parts of the 
West and South. 

The Hotel is situated on the south margin of the beautiful Lake Monona, directly 
opposite and in full view of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin. 

The grounds comprise some thirty acres, bordering the Lake for half a mile, and the 
natural scenery around Lake Side is unrivaled in variety, beauty and grandeur. The 
shady oak groves offer excellent walks and promenades, and grounds are laid out for 
games of various kinds. Beautiful shady drives and fine roads for riding in many 
directions from the Hotel, add to the attractions, and excellent stable accommodations 
are prepared for those wishing to keep their own horses. Also good livei-y outfits kept 
on the premises. 

The Lake abounds with a variety of the finny tribe, and good fishing boats and tackle 
for lovers of sport, and excellent sail and row boats for seekers of pleasure are pro- 
vided. Bathing facilities are also prepared, and in fact anything and everything that 
can help to make the place attractive and pleasant has been provided. A steamer plies 
every few miniites between Lake Side and Madison, a distance of one and a quarter 
miles. 

A great many efforts have been made to depict the beauties of the location, but no 
words can convey an adequate idea of what is indeed indescribable. The reast)n of 
this is, that every new point of observation creates a shifting panorama— that no two 
exhibit the same scenery. From any considerable elevation, a circuit of near thirty 
miles in every direction is visible. Four lakes lie embosomed like gems, shining in 
the midst of groves of forest trees, while the gentle swells of the prairies, dotted over 
by fields and farms, lend a charm to the view which words cannot depict. From the 
dome of the Capitol to the dome of the State University, the whole bearing and aspect 
of the country is so changed as scarcely to be recognized as identical. On the west, the 
lofty peak of the West Blue Mound, twenty-five miles away, towers up against the 
sky, like a grim sentinel guarding the gateway toward the setting sun, while the inter- 
mediate setting is filled in with swelling hills, majestic slopes, levels, and valleys of 
rivers and rivulets. Madison is the center of a circle whose natural beauties compass 
all that is charming to the eye, grateful to the senses, pleasing to the imagination, and 
which from its variety and perfection, never grows tedious or tiresome to the specta- 



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Lake Side House, 

MADISON, WISCONSIN. 



The HoLise is opeii from June ISth to October Ist. Having 
been enlarged and nunneroias iniprovements made, it now 
offers all the comforts and attractions of a 

9^irst Class fummer IBesort. 

The grounds are large and beautiful, bordering the Lake 
Shore nearly half a mile. Fishing splendid, and plenty of 
Boats. 

THE PROPELLER "LAKE SIDE" 

Plies regularly between the City and Lake Side. 
<j^W° For particulars, address 

WM. F. ROOS, 

Proprietor. 



26 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 

tor. The good taste of the citizens has preserved the native forest trees, so that its 
dwellings are embowered in green, and buried in foliage in the proper season, to that 
extent that the whole city cannot be seen from any point of view. It is, in itself, 
unique, like its surroundings, and the transient traveler gains no conception of the 
place by barely passing through it. 



ROUTE No. 10. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Baraboo and return. All Rail. 

Tickets Si36.40 each from St. Louis. 
" ;Si3 7.60 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Baraboo " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Return via same route. 

Tlie Devil's L,ake. The blulTs of the Wisconsin at the point where the Baraboo 
river embouches into the valley, are six hundred feet in height. In the midst of this 
enormous rocky stratum is a deep fissure or gorge, depressed over four hundred feet 
from the surface, hemmed in by mighty precipices, which constitute the basin of a 
body of water, about a mile and a half in length by a half mile in breadth, known as 
the Devil's Lake. It reposes like a dew drop in its mighty casket, and from its pro- 
found depths reflects the dark shadows of the beetling crags that environ it. The IcacI 
of the waters is one hundred and ninety feet above the Wisconsin river, and it is sup- 
posed that the bottom reaches below that of the river. There is not in the West a 
sample of as bold, rugged, and striking scenery, or one more pleasing to the tourist. 
The country about has been the former seat of intense igneous action, and it is gener- 
ally supposed that the cavity was created by the sinking of the bottom through vol- 
canic agency. This is not, probably, correct, but no explanation of the origin of this 
strange lake has ever been vouchsafed, at least no satisfactory one. A two hours ride 
on the cars from Madison will land the visitor directly upon the shore, and a small 
steamer will give him every opportunity for exploration. The whole section is ^^^ld 
and full of interest. 

To assist the tourist from St. Louis and the South in reaching Devil's Lake, we have 
arranged Route No. 10, which takes you through this lake and hill country to Baraboo, 
situated about two miles from the lake in a northerly direction. At the foot of the 
lake is an extensive vineyard and wine cellar. The wine made there from grapes 
grown on the rocky shores of the lake compares favorably with any made in Missouri, 
and is incomparably better than any foreign wine, it being the pure juice of the grape. 
At Baraboo you will find fair hotel accommodations. 



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ROUTE No. II. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Waukesha and return. All Rail. 

Tickets S30.30 each from St. Louis. 
" 8S21.40 " " Cairo. 

I St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

I or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Waukesha " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Return via same route. 

Waukesha. County seat of Waukesha Co., beautifully situated on the Fox river, 20 
miles west of Milwaukee. To citizens of Wisconsin the beautiful village of Waukesha 
I has long been known by name and location. But from the comparative insignificance of 
1 an inland country town, it has suddenly grown into world-wide importance, and its name 
; is to-day a household word among the afilicted in every State of the Union. The cause 
I of its sudden notoriety was the accidental discovery some years since by Col. Richard 
' Dunbar, of the wonderful medical properties of an obscure spring in the immediate 
i vicinity of the village, to which he gave the appropriate name of "Bethesda," in re- 
' cognition of the wonderful and miraculous cures performed by its waters. 
I Analysis of the water.— Impressed with the importance of the spring. Col. Dun- 
I bar's first step was to have a careful analysis of the water by Prof. C. F. Chandler, of 
. Columbia College, New York. In one U. S. or wine gallon of 231 cubic inches, he 
I found the following proportions : 

Grains, j Grains. 

' Chloride of Sodium 1-160 Bicarbonate of Soda 1-256 

I Sulphate of Potassa 0-454 | Phosphate of Soda a trace. 

Sulphate of Sodium 0542 \ Alumina 0-122 

Bicarbonate of Lime 17022 i Silica 0-741 

Bicarbonate of Magnesia 12-388 i Organic matter 1-983 

I Bicarbonate of Iron 012 



Total 35-710 

I For the benefit of distant readers we state that Waukesha lies on the Prairie du Chien 
division of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway; has several trains to and from it daily; 
I is the country seat of Waukesha county. Wis. ; is 20 miles west of Milwaukee, 90 miles 
from Madison, and about 100 from Chicago, and is not only a remarkably healthy and 
I attractive place for summer resort, but is surrounded by a country beautified by some 
' of the most charming inland lakes and scenery to be found in the West. Population 
I about 4,000. 

I Green Lake, Dartford P. O., Wis. Is the name of a village situated on the 
\ banks of Green Lake, Wisconsin, and is accessible by the Northern Divison of the 
j Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway: also, by the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac Railways. 
I The public houses are first-class, and pleasant boarding places are readily obtained at 
'; the farm houses in the vicinity. The hotels have provided various means for amusing 
I their giiests. 



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The natural scenery around Dartf orcl is unrivaled in variety and beauty. Groves of 
primeval grandeur, far stretching prairies and an extensive Lake view greet the eye 
from every point. The grounds around the Lake have been terraced, furnished with 
swings, promenades, and otherwise ornamented, to render them pleasant and attract- 
ive. The Lake averages a length of fifteen miles, and a width of three miles. Its banks 
vary from beautiful grassy slopes to high rocky clifls, bordered with evergreens, pre- 
senting the greatest diversity of physical character, and aftbrding unlimited natural 
advantages for pleasing and romantic rambles. Its waters are very pure, and so trans- 
parent that their pebbly bed may be seen at a depth of from twenty to thirty-five feet. 
A great variety and abundance of fish inhabit this beautiful sheet of water, and good 
fishing boats and tackle for lovers of sport, and excellent sail boats for seekers of pleas- 
ure, are furnished for the accommodation of guests. 

In addition to former attractions, a new and beautiful steamboat has been placed ; 
on Green Lake. Parties can visit any of the attractive places on its shores on short 
notice, with pleasure and comfort. Ponies, perfectly at home under the saddle and in 
harness, expressly for ladies and children ; horses, carriages and light buggies ; beauti- 
ful shady groves; health, comfort and happiness— and all at reasonable rates. To one 
of the most healthy locations upon the continent, shut away from the city where con- 
tagion spreads its blight and disease spends its fury, individuals and families may 
resort and spend a summer with invigorating and pleasurable results. Among the hotels 
the " Oakwood" will be found and rated as of the best. 

ROUTE No. 15. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Green Lake and return. All Rail. 

Tickets Sli'^5.90 each from St. I.ouis. 
" *37.10 " " Caii-o. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central Tl. li. 

Chicago to Milwaukee " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Milwaukee to Plymouth " Milwaukee & Northern li. K. 

Plymouth to Green Lake " Sheboygan & Fond du Lac R. R. 

Beturn via same rotcte. 

VIA MILWAUKEE & NORTHERN RAILROAD. 

We leave Milwaukee, and running northwt'st pass through 

Schwartzburg. Junction with Northern Division of Milwaukee & St. Paul Py. 
Cedarl>urg. On Cedar Creek. An important shipping point of Ozaukee county. 
Saiikville. Near the center of Ozaukee county. 
Fredonia. A town in Ozaukee county. 

Plymouth, Wis. Crossing of Sheboygan & Fond du Lac R. R. Connects for 
all points. 



Central Bouts for Sv miner Tourists. 29 

the: 

Milwaukee & Northern 

RAILWAY 

Oflers to the traveling public the best route via CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE 

to some of the most pleasant summer resorts in Northern Wisconsin. 

Green Lake, in Green Lake County, so well known to many residents of St. Louis 
as a delightful summer watering place, is only reached, all rail, by this route. Here- 
tofore tourists have been subjected to a wagon ride of several miles, whereas by the 
MILWAUKEE & NORTHERN RAILWAY, there is no change of cars after leaving 
Milwaukee. The lake abounds in fine fish, being quite celebrated for its Black Bass. 
The hotels are good, with reasonable charges. 

Elkhart Lake, in Sheboygan County, only reached, all rail, by this route, is per- 
haps equally pleasant in its natural surroundings, but is more new and not so well 
known to the public. This lake also abounds in fish. Good boats are provided at both 
these lakes, and, during the season, fine sport can be had at either. 

Meuaslia, at the head of Lake Winnebago, and Api>let<»n, but four miles distant, 
are very pleasantly located, and active places, with good appointments, including very 
comfortable hotel accommodations for a summer visit. 

Early in June the Milwaukee & Northern R'y will be completed to GREEN BAY, 
and will offer the nearest and best line to this old and well known place, and thence l)y 
Lake or Rail to Lake Superior. 

The Milwaukee & Northern R'y is new, with excellent roadbed and rail, and very 
fine equipment, thus furnishing a better, safer and easier railway ride than any other 
route is able to offer to the points to which attention is invited. 

Purchase Tickets Tia Milwaukee & Northern Railway. 

E. B. GREENLEAF, J. E. FOLLETT, J. W. CRIPPEN, 

Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Ticket Agent. -Superintendent. 



N. B.— This is the best route to fe^tevens' JPoint and places on the 
Wisconsin Central Railroad. 
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30 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 



Menaslia Junction. Junction of Menasha branch. 

Menasha. Northern terminus. Close connections made with Wisconsin Central 
R. R. for Stevens' Point. 

ROUTE No. 16. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Green Lake and return. All Rail. 

Tickets ."S-35.90 each frona 8t. Louis. 
!«!37.10 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Fond du Lac " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Fond du Lac to Green Lake " Sheboygan & Fond du Lac R. R. 

Return ria same roxte. 

Oconomowoc. Beautifully situated upon a chain of lakes, from which the town 
takes its name. Of late years is obtaining considerable notoriety as a summer resort. 
The principal hotels are, Townsend, La Belle and William Tell houses. 

ROUTE No. 12. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Oconomowoc and return. All Rail. 

Ticlvets !Si31.70 eacli from St. Louis. 
" S33.90 *' " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. K. 

Chicago to Oconomowoc " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Jxetiirn via same route. 



ROUTE No. 45. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Marquette and return. All Rail. 

Tickets $35. 30 each from St. Louis. 

" !«i36.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Negaunee " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Negaunee to Marquette " Marquette & Ontonagon R. R. 

Return via same ronte. 

This route on leaving Chicago passes over that portion of the route noted undci 
eighteen up to Harvard Junction. Thence you pass through 
Clinton Junction, AVis. Western Union Crossing. 



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Janesville, Wis. On the east and west banks of Rock river. The city is built 
principally on a level space about 200 yards wide between the river and the bluff's, which 
rise nearly to the height of 100 feet. Janesville is justly noted for its beautiful location, 
and the fertile lands surrounding it— the valley of Rock river being unsurpassed for its 
productiveness, while the uplands are especially adapted to wheat growing. It is the 
location of the State Institution for the Blind; cost of building, $150,000. A new court 
house, said to be the finest in the State, has just been completed, at a cost of f 112,000; 
built of Milwaukee brick, and elaborately trimmed with stone. It occupies a conspic- 
uous position on the summit of the bluff, and presents a handsome appearance. 

Milton Junction. Crossing of Wisconsin Division of Chicago & Northwestern 
R'y and the Prairie du Chien Division of Milwaukee & St. Paul R\y; also the junction 
of the Prairie du Chien and Monroe Divisions of Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. 

Watertown Junction. Crossing of the La Crosse Division of Milwaukee & St. 
Paul and the Wisconsin Division of Chicago & Northwestern R'ys; also the eastern 
terminus of the Madison branch of the Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. 

WatertoAvn, Wis. Near Watertown Junction, on Rock river. It has two papers, 
one National and one private bank, a good manufacturing interest and active trade. 
Minnesota Junction. Crossing of the Portage branch of the Northern Division 
of the Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y and the Wisconsin Division of Chicago & North- 
western R'y. Location of the repair shops of the Chicago and Northwestern R'y. 

Burnett Junction. Crossing of the Northern Division of Milwaukee & St Paul 
and the Wisconsin Division of Chicago & Northwestern R'ys. Hotel and dining room 
at depot. 

Fond du Lac, Wis. Crossing of the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac R. R. ; county 
scat of Fond du Lac county; situated at the head of Lake Winnebago and at the mouth 
of a river of the same name. Lake Winnebago is connected with Green Bay and Lake 
Michigan by the Fox river improvement, and with the Mississippi river by the 100 miles 
of Wolf river navigation, the Upper Fox and Wisconsin rivers. The principal wealth 
is in the manufacture of lumber, for which, by its geographic position, it is peculiarly 
suited. It now ranks as the greatest city in the pine and mineral districts of the North- 
west. 

Osliltosli, Wis. Junction and northern terminus of Oshkosh & Mississippi R'y, 
(branch of Milwaukee & St. Paul). County seat of Winnebago county, on Lake 
Winnebago, at the mouth of Fox river, (for location and advantages by water com- 
munication, see Fond du Lac.) 

Neenali— Menaslia, AVis. Crossing of Wisconsin Central R. R. ; connects for 
Stevens' Point,' Manitowoc, etc. The towns of Neenah and Menasha ^re situated on 
the Fox river, near the outlet of Lake Winnebago, which forms the Lower Fox river. 
Neenah is on the south side of the river, while Menasha is on the north, separated by 
an island in the river, two and one-half miles in length by three-fourths of a mile 
In width, and upon which the R. R. depot is located; 1 he one station answering for 
both towns. The river at this point affords excellent water po^ver. Neenah is 



33 Oentral Route for Summer Tourists. 

justly noted for its excellent brands of flour, it having eleven large mills in active oper- 
ation; while Menasha is celebrated for the wood-working interests of that locality. 
Appleton, W'is. Opposite western terminus of Appleton & New London R'y. 
C-ounty seat of Outagamie county, situated on the left bank of the Lower Fox river, 
which connects Lake Winnebago and Green Bay. The city is admirably located as a 
manufacturing point, surrounded by an abundance of timber, and the water power here 
is said to be hardly second to any in the Northwest. 

De Pere, Wis. On Fox river. Here is an immense water power, and extensive 
manufacturing interests, consisting of blast furnaces, manufactories of wagon stuff, 
staves, etc. 

Fort Howard, Wis. On the west bank of the Lower Fox river, opposite the 
city of Green Bay. 

Green Bay, Wis. Eastern terminus of Green Bay & Lalve Pepin, and northern 
terminus of Milwaukee and Northern Railroads. County seat of Brown county, on 
the east bank of the Lower Fox river, one mile from its mouth, and where it empties 
into Green Bay. At this point the river is about eighty rods wide, spanned by a line 
bridge, connecting Fort Howard and the city of Green Bay. The bay and river aftbrd 
a perfectly secure harbor, and the largest vessels of the great lakes stop here, making 
this the principal shipping point for Northern Wisconsin. The surrounding country 
contains dense forests of pine, from which large quantities of lumber are exported. 

Oconto, Wis. County seat of Oconto county, situated on Oconto river, two miles 
from its entrance into Green Bay. Here are two weekly papers, numerous stores and 
churches, and several steam saw mills. The manufacture of lumber forms the principal 
business. 

Peslitigo, Wis. On the Peshtigo river, seven miles from its mouth and its entrance 
into Green Bay. The 12th and 13th of October, 1871, the locality was the scene of a 
most disastrous conflagration. Hundreds of lives were lost, and the entire town, includ- 
ing the extensive lumber mills, were consumed. 

Marinette, Mich. On the west shore of Green Bay, upon the south bank of, and 
at the mouth of the Menomonee river, opposite Menomonee, the county seat of Mc- 
nomonee county. 

From this point you follow along the west side of the "GrcL-n liay," an inland sea,; 
it might well be called, and reach Escanaba, situated at the mouth of the Escanaba river' 
and on the west shore of "Little Bay des Noques." This is one of the pleasaute^t. 
summer resorts there is in the West. The water of the bay, clear as crystal, washes tho 
s rcets of the city on two sides, while tlie Escanaba river forms the tliird and the aroma- 
tic " Piney Woods" close well down on the other side. The Tilden House offers quiet and] 
comfortable quarters for tourists who may wish to spend days or weeks here fisliing,, 
boating or bathing. White Fish Bay in this vicinity off'ers rare sport for the fishermen,, 
and every little stream (and they are numerous) are almost alive with the ever beautifull 
brook (si)Otted) trout. From Escanaba excursions are fitted out in various directions.| 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 33 

Those not caring for fishing can take to the " woods " and find bear and deer in al)nn- 
dance, to say nothing of dncks, geese, brants, partridges and smaller feathered game. 

Our stay at Escanaba being ended, we take the cars again and hasten toward the crystal 
waters of Lake Superior, which we reach at the point where they are said to have been 
first seen by Father Marquette in his journey through the wilderness. We pass through 
Negaunee, a seat of immense iron works and the diverging point of the Marquette 
& Ontonagon Railroad, which here runs westward towards Ishpeming and Michigammi 
and L'Anse. The entire country in this vicinity is famed for its iron mines. Thou- 
I sands of tons of the Lake Superior iron ore are shipped through Negaunee to Escanaba, 
where immense mineral docks have been erected by the Chicago & Northwestern E. E., 
' or to Marquette, where it finds ready shipment to Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo or Chi- 
cago, by vessels engaged in that trade. Months could profitably be spent here in in- 
< vestigating the wonders of this region. In 1872, thirty-eight (38) mines shipped 1,000,297 
jtons of Ore, valued at $5,712,330 at the mine, while fourteen (14) furnaces made 03,195 
I tons of pig metal, valued at $3,475,725 at the furnace. Since 1856 these mines have 
j shipped 5,537,373 tons of ore, valued at $44,373,833, and the furnaces have made and 
i shipped 357,880 tons of pig metal, valued at $17,904,000. 
j We must leave this interesting locality and press on to the Lake, and 
I Marquette. Situated on the south shore of Lake Superior, at the eastern terminus 
[jof the Marquette & Ontonagon E.R., and is the centre of the great iron region of Lake 
.Superior. The principal business interest is that of mining. Among the larger firms 
jmay be noted the Bancroft Iron Co., the Cleveland Iron Co., the Collins Iron Co., the 
(Lake Superior Iron Co., Iron Mountain Mining Co., Marquette Iron Co., New England 
Mining Co., Morgan Iron Co., New York Iron Mine, Pittsburg & Lake Angeline Iron 
-Co., and the Washington Iron Co. It has also a few large manufacturing firms, the 
Marquette Manufacturing Co., planing mill, sash, doors and blinds, etc., the Marquette 
\& Pacific Rolling Mill Co., Merrill & Osborne foundry, one saw mill, with several 
|others of less importance, and a number of general stores. 

ROUTE No. 13. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Grand Haven and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets $19.30 each from St. L,oiiis. 
«30.40 " " Cairo. 

" St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Grand Haven " Steamer. 

Return via same route. 

If you have got the measles, do not distribute them among the passengers— there 
might not be a measle apiece. 



34 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 

It* you are going to any point in Michigan or Canada, 

OR TO 

NIAQAEA PALLS, BUFFALO, NEW YOEK, BOSTON, 

Or other points East, 
THK KOTTTE IS VIA OHICAOO 

AND THE 

MICHIGAN CENTRAL 

and GREAT WESTERN 

This Line is magnificently equipped in all respects, and pleasure or business travel 
will find every improvement afl:brded in modern Railroad traveling. 

IT IS THE ONLY LINE HOING DIRECT TO NIAGARA FALLS 

And the only line connecting at that point with both 

ISTeA/v York Central and Erie Kailwa^^s. 

Pilliiiai Cars Re Dailf liet Cliicap & New York Citj 

IT IS THE ONLY LINE RUNNING THE CELEBRATED HOTEL CARS 

I^^See that your Tickets read "via Michigan Central 
and Great Western R'ys." 



W. K. MUIR, H.E.SARGENT, 

Gen'l Sup't Gt. Western R'y. . Gen'l Sup't M. C. R. R. 

HENRY C. WENTWORTH, 

Gen'l Western Pass'r Agent. 



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ROUTE No. 14. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Green Bay and return. All Rail. 

Tickets SS30.00 each from St. Louis. 
»31.30 " " Cairo. 

I St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central K. R. 

Chicago to Green Bay " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Return via same route. 

For those desiring to reach the Magnetic Springs of Michigan, we have arranged a 
route to Grand Haven. 

' Grand Haven. The western terminus of the Detroit & Milwaukee R. R., and also 
la station on the Michigan Lake Shore R. R., both connected by a regular line of 
I steamers with Milwaukee and Chicago. The county seat of Ottawa county, Michigan; 
(Situated on the east shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of Grand river, which 
' furnishes one of the best harbors on the lake. The leading manufactures are, lum- 
ber, ilouring mills, foundries, machine shops, etc. 
I From Grand Haven you can by rail reach in a few hours 

j Grand Kapids. Crossing of the Grand Rapids & Indiana and the Detroit & 
i Milwaukee, and the northern terminus of the Grand River Valley Division of the 
[Michigan Central, and the Kalamazoo Division of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 
i R. Rs. The county seat of Kent county, situated at the head of navigation, on both 
j sides of Grand river, forty miles from its mouth. The river at this point is about three 
hundred yards wide, and falls eighteen feet in the course of a mile, aftbrdingan amount 
of water power not surpassed, if equaled, by any in the State. 



ROUTE No. 22. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. Eail and Steamer. 

Tickets S35.30 each from St. Lonis. 
S36.40 " " Cairo. 



I St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

; or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central K. R. 

I Chicago to Elroy " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

j Elroy to St. Paul " West Wisconsin R. R. 

I St. Paul to Dubuque " Steamer. 

Dubuque to Forreston " Illinois Central R. R. 

i Forreston to Chicago " Chicago, Burlington «& Quincy R. R. 

I Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

I or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



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KEOKUK NORTHEBN LINE PACKET COMPANY, 

THE ONLY DAILY LINE OF STEAMERS 

— BETWEEN — 

ST. LOUIS, KEOKUK, DUBUQUE, LA CROSSE AND ST. PAUL, 

Composed of the following Steamers : 

ROB ROY, CLINTON, 

NORTHWESTERN, RED WING, 

LUCY BERTRAM, LAKE SUPERIOR, 

ALEX. MITCHELL, ANDY JOHNSON, 

PHIL SHERIDAN, BAYARD, 

BELLE LA CROSSE, J. H. JOHNSON, 

MINNEAPOLIS, ROCK ISLAND, 

DUBUQUE, MINNESOTA, 

MUSCATINE, DAVENPORT, 

NEW BOSTON, CHEEVER, 

BILL HENDERSON, DAN HINE, 

, ADDIE JOHNSON, G. H. WILSON, 

JENNIE BALDWIN, VICTORY, 

ANNIE JOHNSON, DAMSEL. 



One of their splendid Passenger Steamers will leave ST. LOUIS Daily for ST. 
PAUL and intermediate Landings, and one for KEOKUK, making close connections 
with all Railroads running to the Mississippi River, East and West. 

To those intending a trip to the Northwest, we would recommend this route as a 
most dcsirahle one, on account of its beautiful and varied scenery. 

J. S. McCUNE, President. 

T. H. GRIFFITH, Secretary. 

W. F. DAVIDSON, Geu'l Sup't. 



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ROUTE No. 23. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets S3.5.'^0 each from St. Louis. 
" S;36.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Cliicago Through Line. 



or Cairo to Chicago 

Chicago to Forreston. . 
Forreston to Dubuque. 
Dubuque to St. Paul. . . 

St. Paul to Chicago 

Chicago to St. Louis. . . 
or Chicago to Cairo — 



Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 

Illinois Central R. R. 

Steamer. 

Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Chicago Through Line. 

Illinois Central R. R. 



Coming homeward from St. Paul, via steamer to Dubuque, you have all the beauties 
of the Upper Mii^sissippi presented for your enjoyment. It is needless to dilate on 
the merits of the steamers of this line. For many years they have been noted for 
being the best equipped, most carefully managed and officered of any steamboat line 
on the western waters. We note the towns as you pass along: 

Dubuque, la 470 miles. 

Dunleith, 111 470 " 

Cassville, Wis 500 " 

Gutenberg, la 510 " 

Clayton, la 522 " 

McGregor, la 533 " 

Prairie dn Cbien 536 " 

Lansing, la 566 " 

De Soto, Wis 571 " 

Victory, Wis 576 " 

Badaxe City, Wis.... 587 " 

Brownsville, Minn 599 " 

La Crosse, Wis 611 " 

Trempeloau, Wis .... 632 " 
The distances given are to St. 



op. 18434 


Winona, Minn 


.645 miles, pop. 7192 


700 


Fountain City, Minn. 655 


867 


" 600 


Mt. Vernon, Wis.. 


.666 


200 


" 1040 


Minneiska, Minn.. 


.669 


393 


400 


Alma, Wis 


.684 


565 


" 2074 


Wabasha, Minn. . . . 


.693 


" 1739 


" 2700 


Reed's Landing 


.696 


782 


" 1755 


North Pepin, Wis. 


.701 


200 


" 300 


Lake City, Minn . . 


.708 


" 2608 


" 250 


Red Wing, Minn . . . 


..726 


" 4260 




Prescott, Wis 


.756 


" 1138 


" 625 


Hastings, Minn 


.759 


" 34.58 


" 7785 


St. Paul, Minn 


..791 


" 20030 


900 


St. Anthony, Minn. 


.805 


" 5013 


ouis— all 


river. 







You must always have a ticket or a pass (the latter generally preferred by travelers). 
The passenger who said his face was his ticket, did not like to have it punched by the 
Conductor. 

Choose one of the end berths, over the trucks of Sleeping Cars, if you snore much; 
the extra noise there will tone it down nicely. 



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ROUTE No. 21. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets S35.30 each from St. Louis. 
$36.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Tlirough Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to St. Paul " Milwaukee & St. Paul E. R. 

St. Paul to Dubuque " Steamer. 

Dubuque to Forreston " Illinois Central R. R. 

Forreston to Chicago " Chicago, Burlington & Quincj^ R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central E. R. 

U^^ Berths are included in the rate over the Mississippi River Steamers, but meals are 
extra, and will be charged for as follows : Breakfast and Supper 50, cents each; Dinner, 75 
cents. 

By this route, It will be seen, we get back to Chi«(ago via tbe Forreston Line. 
This is over the Illinois Central, from Dubuque to Forreston, Illiuois, and thence via 
Chicago «fe Iowa and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroads. 

Dubuque. County seat of Dubuque county, on the west bank of the Mississippi 
river, 470 miles above St. Louis, and 321 miles below St. Paul, at an elevation of 57G 
feet above the Gulf of Mexico. As a railroad and commercial center it is one of the 
most important towns on the river; a station on the Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota 
R. R. ; by railroad bridge, the northern terminus of the Illinois Central R. R., the 
eastern terminus of the Dubuque & Sioux City, Iowa Division of Illinois Central. 
and the northeastern terminus of the Dubuque-Soutliwestern, via Illinois Central 
track from Parley. The city stands on a plateau of ground elevated about 20 feet 
above high water mark, and surrounded by bluffs rising in height to 175 feet, which 
are the seats of many elegant private residences. Dubuque was the first place per- 
manently occupied by white men in the State of Iowa. 

On leaving Dubuque you pass through 

Dunleitli. On the east bank of the Mississippi river, one-half mile from the Wis- 
consin State Line, directly opposite the city of Dubuque, Iowa; connected by steam 
ferry and Illinois Central R. R. bridge. This is the northern terminus of the main 
line of the Illinois Central R. R., and the location of its machine and repair shops. 

Galena. County seat of Joe Daviess county, on the Galena river, seven miles from 
its mouth; navigable for steamboats a greater portion of the year. Galena is the center 
of the great lead mining district of Northern Illinois. 

Warren. Southern terminus of the Mineral Point R. R.. and its junction with the 
Illinois Central. 

Freeport. County seat of Stephenson county; on the Pecatonica river, at the cross- 
ng of the Western Union and Illinois Central railroads; the western terminus of the 



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Galena Division of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, and its junction with the 
Illinois Central R. R. 

And reach 

Forreston, at the junction of the Chicago & Iowa, and Illinois Central R.R.'s, which 
was laid out in 1854, contained a population of 1,000 in 1870, and now numbers 1,300. 
It is a compact, bustling little city, and surrounded by the finest section of farming 
country in the Northwest. 

The description of balance of this route we condense from a recent letter to a Chicago 
newspaper. It will be seen the writer was bound west. We do not vouch for the 
correctness of these statements, but give them as written. He says: 

"As a rat follows the track of the emigrant wagon, your correspondent clung to the 
rear of a passenger train which pushed an engine over the new Chicago & Iowa road 
from Aurora to Forreston on Friday last. 

" The • Hinckley ' Road, as it is commonly called, was mapped out about three 
years ago. F. E. Hinckley, who marked out the route, went west from Chemung 
county, New York, some ten years ago, and received his education and religious in- 
struction at Knox college, Galesburg. His Methodist training there early developed a 
remarkable voice for spike-driving, which culminated in a bridge-building partnership 
with a firm in Chicago, of which Mr. Kennedy, now of the Northern Pacific, was at the 
head with his little hatchet. Mr. Hinckley soon hewed out a few hundred dollars, and 
in 1856 or 1857, took the contract of grading a branch railroad from Rochelle to Ofegon, 
and bridging Rock river at the latter place— both of which he performed with facility 
and dispatch. 

"Henry C. Mix, president of the 'Oregon & Carroll County Railroad,' as it was called, 
fell through the Oregon bridge while inspecting it, and was killed, and Hinckley became 
his inheritor to the office and heir to seventeen miles of dirt, several hundred feet of 
trestle work, and several thousand dollars of unpaid labor bills. 

'• In the spring of 1869, Hinckley came to Aurora with not enough money to pay his 
hotel bill, called a public meeting, secured the aid of Mayor D. B. Waterman, and in 
July following the town of Aurora voted $100,000 subscription to the enterprise. The 
other towns next followed suit with subscriptions of from $25,000 to $75,000 each, and 
on the 9th day of September, 1870, dirt-throwing was commenced. On the .31st of 
December— 197 working days from the date of commencement— the iron horse jumped 
over an injunction and across the Northwestern track at Rochelle, 45 miles from the 
point of starting. After the road-bed was constructed, James F. Joy indorsed 
Hinckley's bonds for $1,000,000, and in the fall of 1871, the Chicago & Iowa road was 
equipped and running to Forreston, on the Illinois Central, a distance of 80 miles. 
Now fourteen trains a day pass over the road between Dubuque and Chicago, besides 
several more from Sterling over a branch road connecting at Shabbona. 

" Stations. It took two years to locate the stations on this road, and meanwhile 
traffic was much discommoded and limited. For this reason some of the towns refused 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 41 

to issue their bonds, and at one time a ' railroad war ' was threatened. Finally the 
depots were located. 

" Hinckley, the first important station out, 20 miles west of Aurora, is delightfully 
situated on the southern borders of Squaw Grove. The town contains 3G business 
buildings and residences, erected since the ground froze up last fall. Hinckley con- 
tains a large steam grain elevator, erected by J. C. Curry. 

"Waterman. Station is situated in the center of the town of Clinton, De Kalb 
county, on what was primitively known as Shabbona prairie. But the prairie has been 
made to " bloom and blossom as the rose," as is evinced by two large grain warehouses 
and innumerable corn-cribs towering up around the depot. Humphrey Roberts gave an 
undivided half of forty acres to Hinckley for locating the station on his 600-acre farm, 
but seems more loath to part with his lots at $100 and ,$200 each now than with his 
acres at half that sum before the railroad was built. The town, however, has the nat- 
ural location for making an important place. 

" Sliabbona is the next station, six miles farther west. There was a good deal of 
speculation in the location of this town. First a flag station was made, when a specu- 
lator came down from Rochelle, and bought forty acres where he supposed the depot 
would be built, at a good round price. A store and several houses were erected, but 
one morning the proprietor saw his town sliding off half a mile eastward, where the 
present prosperous village stands. " New Shabbona," as it is called, is three miles 
and a half north of the old village at the grove, where the Indian chief by that name 
smoked his meerschaum pipe in peace while his brother Black Hawk was harvesting 
scalps from the early white settlers. But Shabbona, unlike the good Indians who die 
young, lived to a ripe old age, and to see his forest trees cut down and his lands stolen 
away from him. 

" Shabbona station is built ' on the square ' north of the depot, and upon one prin- 
cipal street south, running parallel with the railroad track. It contains a depot, half a 
dozen good stores, several shops, a hotel, and about 20 residences. The present town 
may be said to have fairly got into operation on the first of last January, when the 
people for miles around assembled at the hotel and participated in a grand banquet and 
dance. Besides being a good grain point, Shabbona is the premium hog shipping sta- 
tion on the road. Liberal inducements are offered to new-comers, and Shabbona will 
go on rejoicing in prosperity. At 

" Lee, four miles farther on, there are three stores, two grain warehouses, big corn 
cribs, and hnjiber and stone piles for new buildings. 

"Steward, the next station, contains a large new grain warehouse, several stores 
and other buildings, and 20,000 bushels of corn in the cribs awaiting transportation to 
Chicago. 

"Iloclielle contains about 3,000 inhabitants, and is one of the greatest grain points 
in Northern Illinois. 

•• Across Ixock river, through high, pine-capped blufts, leaving Oregon to the right, 
and up a steep grade for four miles, the ancient town of Mt. Morris is reached, noted 



42 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 

for a quarter of a century only as the location of Kock River Seminary. It is a little 
singular, however, that when the railroad reached that town the seminary closed its 
course. The buildings, costing $25,000, were sold under mortgage a year ago to 
Eobert R. Hitt, for a little over $3,000. An eflfort is being made, however, to re-estab- 
lish the school. Here Gov. Beveridge, Gens. Rawlins, W. H. L. Wallace, and S. D. 
Atkins, Hon. Shelby M. Cullom, Senator A. M. York, of Kansas notoriety, John V. 
Farwell, and numerous lesser lights, received their education. The quaint little build- 
ing in which John V. Farwell kept store for many years is pointed out with pride by 
the Mt. Morrisans." 

Aurora, 111. A station on main line of C, B. & Q. R R. ; southern terminus of 
branches to Geneva, Galena Junction, and northern terminus of Fox river line, and 
the eastern terminus of the Chicago & Iowa R. R. ; situated on both sides of the Fox 
river; connected by bridge, and called East and West Aurora. 

From Aurora you reach Chicago over the track of the C, B. & Q. R. R., and are 
landed at the Great Central Depot, at the foot of Lake Street. 

Tourists having tickets from Cairo will pass through the following points on the 
Illinois Central Railroad : 

Cairo. Southern terminus of the Illinois Central R. R. ; situate on the extreme 
southern point of the State of Illinois, at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi 
rivers, 1050 miles above New Orleans, 387 miles below Louisville; by rail, 365 miles 
south of Chicago, and 456 miles south of Dubuque; 140 miles from St. Louis via the 
•'Cairo Short Line." Elegant first-class steamers run between Cairo and Columbus, 
in connection with Illinois Central and Mobile & Ohio R. Rs. All trains make direct 
connection. The best and only first-class hotel is the St. Charles. 

Mounds. A small station, connected with Mound City— (population 1631— three 
miles distant, on the Ohio river,) by the Mound City R'y. 

Anna, formerly Jonesboro. Population In vicinity of station, 1198; population of 
Anna, 1269; county seat of Union county. This Is considered about the center of the 
great fruit district of Southern Illinois. 

Carbondale. Eastern terminus of Grand Tower & Carbondale, and western 
terminus of Carbondale «fc Shawneetown R. R. 

Du Quoin. Present southeastern terminus of the St. Louis, Beheville & Southern 
Illinois R. R., and its junction with Illinois Central R. R. Cars run from St Louis to 
Cairo via Du Quoin, without change. 

Tamaroa. The eastern terminus of the Chester & Tamaroa R. R.. and its junctiun 
with the Illinois Central. 

Centralia. Location of Illinois Central Machine Shops. Cars of both Main Lino 
and Chicago Division run as one train between this point and Cairo. Good hotel ai 
depot. 

Odin. Crossing of the Ohio & Mississippi R. R. 



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Edgevrood. Crossing of Springfield & Illinois Southeastern R. R. Trains make 
close connections for Shawneetovvn, and points on the Ohio river. 

The next station is Effingham, where you will meet the trains of the Chicago Througli 
Line from St. Louis. 



ROUTE No. 24. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. Kail and Steamer. 

Tickets m'^5.20 each from St. I^oiiis. 
S536.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central K. R. 

Chicago to Forreston " Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 

Forreston to Dubuque " Illinois Central R. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 

St. Paul to Elroy " West Wisconsin R. R. 

Elroy to Chicago " Cbicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis. " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



ROUTE No. 27. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. Kail and Steamer. 

Tickets *31.60 eacli from St. Louis. 
.*32.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Dubuque Via St. Louis & Dubuque Througli Line. 

or Cairo to Dubuque " Illinois Central R. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 

St. Paul to Elroy " West Wisconsin R. K. 

Elroy to Chicago " Chicago & Northwestern E. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central II. R. 



I would say to a young man traveling alone, do not be too amiable tovvariU 
young ladies on board ; many a j'outh has been imposed upon and had cause to repent: 
You cannot be too careful. | 

If you are asked to play at three card mouti' and you like to tiy the game, never g« 
higher than five cents a time. If you keep to this humble amount you will alway( 
win ; but if you venture a V or an X you are sure to lose. | 



Central Route for Summer Tourists. 45 



lsri-A.C3-JLI^A. 



THE 

■ Great Western & Michigan Central Route 

What Chas. Dickens Said. 

In the summer months the Great Central Route offers a special inducement to 
travelers. It is then that the Falls look their loveliest, and the sight is well worth the 
j fare from St. Louis, or anywhere else; indeed, it is not thought too great a journey 
I from the ends of the earth to see these tumbling torrents. 

We will take the liberty of reprinting the actual words in which that greatest of then 
I living writers, Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, clothed his thoughts and feelings on his first 
' visit to Niagara, twenty-eight years ago. 

''When we were seated in the little ferry-boat, and were crossing the swollen river 

immediately before both cataracts, I began to feel what it was; but I was in a manner 

. stunned, and unable to comprehend the vastness of the scene. It w^as not until I came 

' on Table Rock and looked— Great Heaven ! on what a fall of bright green water !— that 

j it came upon me in its full might and majesty. 

' " Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing, the first effect, and the 

enduring one— instant and lasting— of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace. Peace of 

Mind— Tranquility— calm recollections of the Dead: Great thoughts of Eternal Rest 

and Happiness — nothing of Gloom or Terror. Niagara was at once stamped upon my 

\ heart, an Image of Beauty, to remain there changeless and indelible until its pulses 

( cease to beat forever. 

" I never stirred in all that time from the Canadian side, whither I had gone at first. 

I never crossed the river again; for I knew there were people on the other shore, and 

j in such a place it is natural to shun strange company. To wai^der to and fro all day, 

I and see the cataracts from all points of view, to stand ui)on the edge of the great 

j Horse-shoe Fall, marking the hurried water gathering strength as it approached the 

i verge yet seeming, too, to pause before it shot into the gulf below; to gaze from the 

I river's level up to the torrent as it came streaming down; to climb the neighboring 

heights and watch it through the trees, and see the wreathing water in the Rapids 

hun-ying on to take its fearful plunge; to linger in the shadow of the solemn rocks 

three miles below, watching the river as, stirred by no visible cause, it heaved and 

' eddied and awoke the echoes, being troubled yet, far down beneath the surface, by its 

I giant leap; to have Niagara before me, lighted by the sun and by the moon, red in the 

j day's decline and gray as evening slowly fell upon it; to look upon it every day, and 

' wake up in the night and hear its ceaseless voice — this was enough. 

"I think in every quiet season now, still do those waters roll and leap, and roar and 
tumble all day long; still are the rainbows spanning them a hundred feet below. Still, 
' when the sun is on them, do they shine and glow like molten gold. Still, when the day 
I is gloomy, do they fall like snow, or seem to crumble away like the front of a great 
I chalk clift", or roll down the rock like dense white smoke. But always does tiie mighty 
' stream appear to die as it comes down, and always from the unfathomable grave arises 
I that tremendous ghost of spray and mist which is never laid, which has haunted this 
I place with the same dread solemnity since darkness brooded on the deej), and that first 

flood before the deluge— Light— came rushing on creation at the Word of God." 
^ 4 



46 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 

ROUTE No. 28. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets .*39.60 each from St. Loiiis. 
" »30.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Dubuque Via St. Louis & Dubuque Through Line. 

or Cairo to Dubuque. " Illinois Central K. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 

St. Paul to DubuCiUe " Steamer. 

Dubuque to Farreston " Illinois Central R. R. 

Forreston t) Chicago " Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R, 

Chicago t jSt. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 

ROUTE No. 26. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. Rail and Steamer. 
Tickets Si31.60 each from St. Louis. 



S33.80 



St. Louis to Dubuque, 
or Cairo to Dubuque. . 
Dubuque to St. Paul. . 
St. Paul to Chicago. . . 
Chicago to St. Louis. . 
or Chicago to Cairo. . . 



" Cairo. 

ia St. Louis & Dubuque Through Line. 

' Illinois Central R. R. 

' Steamer. 

' Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

' Chicago Through Line. 

' Illinois Central R. R. 



ROUTE No. 25. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets S33.60 eacli from St. Louis. 
" S24.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Dubuque Via St. Louis and Dubuque Through Line. 

or Cairo to Dubuque " Illinois Central R. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 

Return via same route. 

This route takes you over the "Main Line" of the Illinois Central R. R. from 
Vandalia, panning through 

Vandalia, 111. Crossing of St. Louis, Vandalia. Tcrrc Haute & Indianapolis It'y. 
For description of Vandalia sec another page. 



Central Boute for Summer Tourists. 



47 



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ILLINOIS CENTRAL ROUTE-MAIN LINE AND IOWA DIVISION. 

From and after May 1st, 187.'1, Trains will run as follows. Omnibuses leave Ticket Office, 

lOi North Fourth Street, St. Louis. 





7.30 a.m. 
8.15 " 

11.35 " 

12.09 p.m. 
12.57 " 

1.21 " 
1.42 " 
1.58 " 

2.24 " 

3.00 " 
3.23 " 

3.35 " 
3.58 " 

4.31 " 

4.36 " 

5.25 " 
5.33 " 
5.57 " 

6.14 " 

6.28 " 
6.46 " 

7.01 " 

7.29 " 

8.15 " 

9.02 " 
9.25 " 

10.10 " 
10.50 " 
11.04 " 
11.18 " 
11.55 " 
12.42 a.m. 

1.06 " 

1.16 " 
1.35 " 
2.35 " 
3.25 " 
3.45 " 

8.07 " 

8.17 " 
8.35 " 
8.55 " 
9.23 " 

10.02 " 
10.25 " 
10.48 " 
11.25 " 

12.03 p.m. 
12.52 " 

1.05 " 

1.30 " 
2.00 " 
2.25 " 
3.28 " 
4.20 " 
6.55 " 
7.52 " 
9.14 " 

10.10 P.M. 








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2 44 " 






3 40 " 




4 12 " 








4 48 " 


" Decatur 


5 17 " 


' ' Maroa 


5 54 " 




6 17 " 


- " Wapella 


6 30 " 


" Hey worth 


7 10 " 


" Bloomington 


7 45 " 


" Normal 


7 50 " 


" El Paso 


8 40 " 


" Panola 


8 50 " 


" Minoiik.. . 


9 14 " 


" Rutland.. 


9 32 " 


" Wenona . . 


9 47 " 




10 05 " 


" Tonica 


10 22 " 


La Salle 


10 50 " 




11 40 " 


" Sublette 


12.35 p.m. 

12 55 " 




Dixon 


1 33 " 


Polo 


2 12 " 




2 26 " 


" Forreston 


2 40 " 


" Freeport 


3 30 " 




4 20 " 


" Nora 


4 43 " 


" Warren 


4 53 " 


" Apple River 


5 10 " 


" Galena 


6 07 " 


" Duuleith 


6 55 " 


" Dubuque 


7 15 " 


" Epworth 


8 18 " 


" Farley 


8 30 " 


" Dyersville 


8 50 " 


" Earlville 


9.17 " 


" Manchester.. 


9 48 " 


" Winthrop 


10.30 " 




10.53 " 




11.17 " 


" Waterloo 


12.05 a m 


" Cedar Falls 


12.33 - 




1.30 " 




1.44 " 


Acklev 


2.12 " 


Iowa Falls 


2 45 " 


Alden 


3 05 '• 


Webster City 


4 16 " 




5.15 " 


" Storm Lake 


9 35 " 


" Cherokee 


11 25 " 


" LeMars 


2 OOp M 


Arrive Sioux City 


4.a)p.M. 



W. H. STENNETT, Gen'l Agent, St. Louis 



A, MITCHELL, Gen'l Sup't I.C.R.R., Chicago. 



48 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 

Pana, 111. Crossing of Indianapolis & St. Louis E. K. 

Decatur. On the Sangamon river, at the crossing of the main line of the Illinois 
Central and the Toledo, Wabash & Western R. Es. ; also the northeastern terminus of 
the St. Louis Division of the Toledo, Wabash & Western E. E., and its junction with 
the main line. It is also the southeastern terminus of the branch of the same road to 
Pekin, Illinois, on the Illinois river. 

Clinton, 111. Crossing of the Gilman, Clinton & Springfield E. E., and county 
seat of Dewitt county. 

Bloomington. County seat of McLean county; crossing of the Chicago & Alton, 
the Illinois Central, and the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western E. Es., and junction 
of the Jacksonville Division of Chicago & Alton E. E. with main line. 

Normal. At the crossing of the Illinois Central and the Chicago & Alton E. Es. ; 
two miles north of Bloomington, and connected by street railway. Location of the 
lUinois State Normal University and the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. 

El Paso. Crossing of the main line of the Illinois Central and the Toledo, Peoria 
& Warsaw E. E's. 

Wenona. Crossing of the Western Division of the Chicago & Alton and the 
Illinois Central E. Es. 

I.a Salle. On the north bank of the Illinois river, at the head of navigation, and 
the terminus of the Illinois & Michigan Canal; also the crossing of the main line of 
the Illinois Central and the Chicago, Eock Island & Pacific E. Es. A fine quality of 
bituminous coal is found in this locality; several shafts are kept in operation the year 
round. 

Mendota. Crossing of the main line of the Illinois Central and the Chicago, 
Burlington & Quincy E. Es. ; also the southwestern terminus of the Mendota & 
Prophetstown branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy E. E. and its junction with 
the main line. The best hotel is the Passenger House, in depot. All trains stop for 
meals. 

Amboy. Junction and eastern terminus of Chicago & Eock Eiver E. E. Location 
of the Illinois Central E. E. machine shops. It has one weekly newspaper, two banks, 
and about fifty general business houses. 

Dixon. County seat of Lee county, on the Eock river, at the crossing of the Dixon 
Air Line branch of the Chicago & Northwestern and the Illinois Central E. Es. 

Thence you are on the same route we have described under the " Forreston line." 

If it becomes necessary to eject you from the car for disorderly conduct, don't put 
the Conductor, his three Brakemen, Baggageman, Engineer and Fireman to the ncces 
sity of dumping you,— retire in a high-toned manner. 

The height of impudence— a terrier barking at a railway train. 



Central Houte for Summer Tourists. 49 

ROUTE No. 17. 

St, Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. All Rail. 

Tickets !8;35.30 eacli from St. Louis. 
" ^36.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Througli Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central K. K. 

Chicago to St. Paul " Milwaukee & St. Paul II. R. 

Return via same route. 

Leaving Milwaukee, via Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R., we pass through 

Brookfield. Junction of the La Crosse and Prairie du Chien Divisions of the 

Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. ; situated on both sides of the Little Fox river, one mile ancl 

a half from the depot. 

Pewaukee. Situated on Pewaukee lake, noted for its fine fishing. 

WatertoAvn Jvxnctioii. Crossing of the Chicago & Northwestern R'y (Wis- 
consin Division), also the eastern terminus of the Madison branch of Chicago & North, 
western R'y. The town is one mile distant. 

Portage. A station on the La Crosse Division Milwaukee & St. Paul, the northern 
terminus of the Madison & Portage R. R. , and the western terminus of the Portage 
branch of the Northern Division Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. The county seat of 
Columbia county; situated on the Wisconsin river and the canal connecting it with 
Fox river. 

Sparta. County seat of Monroe county; situated on La Crosse river and Beaver 
and Farmer creeks, which furnish excellent water power. It is chiefly celebrated for 
its artesian wells, the medicinal properties of which are attracting many invalids from 
all parts of the country. The water is brought to the town through pipes, and is 
jused in the Turkish baths. 

j Winona Jvmction. No town; the southern terminus of the La Crosse, Trem- 
]peleau & Prescott R. R. It is via this road the Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y make their 
direct line to St. Paul. 

La Crosse. The western terminus of the La Crosse Division Milwaukee & St. Paul 
iR'y. For description see elsewhere. 

j Winona, Minn. On the west bank of the Mississippi river; the western terminus 
jof the La Crosse, Trempeleau & Prescott R. R., the eastern terminus of the Winona &:, 
'St. Peter R. R., and the southern terminus of the St. Paul & Chicago R. R. It is by 
far the largest wheat market in the State, and not second to any west of the Mississippi 
iriver, over 1,500,000 bushels having been shipped from here during the year 1871. The 
ilocation of the State Normal School, and its city High School is said to be the best in 
'the State. 



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TVabasliaw. The county seat of Wabashaw county, tliree miles below Lake Pepin 
and nearly opposite the mouth of the Chippewa river. 

Read's L,anding. One half mile below Lake Pepin, situated on the west bank of the 
river, opposite the mouth of the Chippewa river, and at the foot of the bluffs, which 
here rise almost from the water's edge to the height of 500 feet. The town mainly owee 
its existence to the Chippewa lumber trade, this being the starting place for all 
Chippewa river lumber rafts, and the point at which their supplies are secured. 

Iiake Pepin. A beautiful sheet of water, and one of the finest fishing grounds in 
Minnesota; an expansion of the Mississippi river from three to five miles in width and 
about twenty-five in length, destitute of islands and surrounded by blufts which rise in 
height from three hundred to five hundred feet. The most prominent land marks are 
the Sugar Loaf on the west and Maiden Kock on the east. The latter, grand in nature and 
interesting in its romantic associations, has a sad story to tell to each passer by. (As an 
isolated instance of true affection, and as a warning to match-making parents, it might 
very properly be repeated here, but lack of space forbids.— Ed.) It is about midway of 
the lake, on the opposite shore from the R. R., and can best be seen from passing 
steamers. 

Liake City, Minn. One of the prettiest towns in Minnesota, the largest town on 
Lake Pepin, and a favorite resort for tourists and pleasure seekers; situated about 
midway, and on the west shore of Lake Pepin, on what was, until some years ago, a 
half-breed reservation— a beautiful and fertile plain, some five miles in length, two 
miles in width, and lying within an amphitheater of blufts which shield it from the 
prairie above. Being the grain shipping point and business center of one of the best 
agricultural counties in the State, it is one of the most active and enterprising towns 
on the Ui)per Mississippi, and contains in all nearly one hundred general business 
fimis. 

Frontenac. One of Lake Pepin's pretty villages, and an attractive summer resort, 
with good hotel accommodations. 

Red Wing. County seat of Goodhue county. Daily line of steamers run to 
Rochester, Faribault, Northfield, Mazeppa, Cannon Falls and Keuyon. 

Hastings. The eastern terminus of the Hastings & Dakotah branch of the Mil- 
waukee & St. Paul R'y, and the crossing of the St. Paul & Chicago R. R. over the ' 
Mississippi river. Location of the Hastings & Dakota car shops. 

Sliakopee. Crossing of the St. Paul & Sioux City and Hastings & Dakota R. Rs. 

And reach " j 

>St. Paul. Asa commercial centre, St. Paul is the northwestern terminus of St. 
Paul & Chicago, the northern terminus of the Milwaukee & St. Paul, the northeastern i 
terminus of the St. Paul & Sioux City, the eastern terminus of the St. Paul & Pacific, 
the southeastern terminus of the St. Paul branch of the Northern Pacific, the southern ' 
terminus of the Lake Superior & Mississippi, and the western terminus of the West 



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Wisconsin R Rs., at the head of navigation for large steamers on the Mississippi river, 
and practically the mouth of the Minnesota river. A port of entry, capital of Minne- 
sota and county seat of Eainsey county, 2041 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, 71 miles 
below the falls of St. Anthony, 5 miles belovs^ the mouth of the Minnesota river, and at 
an altitude of 090 feet above the sea. The city is most advantageously situated upon 
the north or east bank— a bluft" rising from 50 to 100 feet above, and extending some 
miles up and down the river; upon which are situated many of the most elegant private 
residences in Minnesota. 

ROUTE No. 18. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. All Rail. 

Tickets !SJ35.30 each from St. I.ouis. 
S36.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Cliicago Via Chicago Througli Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central li. R. 

Chicago to Elroy '' Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Elroy to St. Paul " West Wisconsin R. R. 

Return via same route. 



ROUTE No. 19. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. All Rail. 

Tickets S35.20 eacli from St. Louis. 
SJ36.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to St. Paul " Mihvaul£ee& St. Paul R. R. 

St. Paul to Elroy " West Wisconsin R. R. 

Elroy to Chicago " Cliicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



If you have some solid hand-baggage with you, be careful to place it securely in 
the rack. A passenger once neglected to do this, and it fell with great force on the 
head of his mother-in-law, with whom he had had some trouble. 

Always buy your ticket from an authorized agent before entering the cars ; but if 
you have to pay the conductor for your passage, do not stop him to tell all the reasons 
why you are traveling. He would not care about that, although he might be a sym- 
pathizing man. 



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ROUTE No. 20. 

St. Louis or Cairo to St. Paul and return. All Kail. 

Tickets *35.30 each from St. Louis. 
!jg36.40 " ♦' Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Elroy " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Elroy to St. Paul " West Wisconsin R, R. 

St. Paul to Chicago " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 

ST. PAUL, via ELROY ROUTE. 

Taking the elegant cars of tlie Chicago and Northwestern R. R. at the Kinzie 
street depot, you pass through 

Crystal L.ake, 111. Crossing of Fox River branch, and the Wisconsin Division; 
one mile from a beautiful sheet of water from which it takes its name. 

Harvard June, 111. Crossing of the Kenosha and Wisconsin Divisions of the 
Chicago & Northwestern R'y. It is via Harvard Junction, thence over the Kenosha 
Division to Caledonia, the crossing of the Madison Division, that the direct line is 
made between Madison and Chicago. Cars run through without change. 

Beloit, Wis. Crossing of Madison Division, and the Western Union R. R. 

Madison, Wis. Connects with Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. Capital of Wiscoiv 
siu. For full description see under Routes 8 and 9. 

Elroy— Junction of West Wisconsin R. R., which forms the northern end of the 
Elroy route. 

Black River Falls. The county seat of Jackson county, situated at the falls of 
Black river. The town is situated on the west bank, the business portion occupying 
the first level and the residences the second. It has two weekly newspapers, one 
private bank, one foundry, and three flouring mills. 

Eau Claire. The county seat of Eau Claire county; situated on the Chippewa 
river, at the mouth of the Eau Claire. This locality is considered the center of the 
Chippewa lumbering district. The river is navigable for steamers of a small class to 
this point; and during the season of navigation a regular line of passenger and 
freighting boats ply between Eau Claire and points on the Mississippi. The Chippewa 
river lumber rafts are here made up in sections and floated down to Read's Landing 
on the Mississippi. 

Menomonee, Wis. The county seat of Dunn county, situated on the east bank 



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of Eed Cedar rivei- (a tributary of the Chippewa). It has one weekly newspaper, one 
banking firm, one good hotel, and about forty general business houses. 

North Wisconsin K'y June. No town. Junction with North Wisconsin R. R. 
All trains run over the one track from this point to St. Paul. 
New Kiclimond. The present northeastern terminus of the North Wisconsin 
' R. R., eighteen miles due northeast of Hudson. An important shipping point of St. 
I Croix county. 

Hudson, Wis. County seat of St. Croix county, on the east bank of St. Croix 
river, twenty miles from its mouth, and at the head of navigation for the largest 
Mississippi river steamers. It has one National and one Savings bank, two newspaper 
offices, is the center of an active trade in agricultural machinery, and one of the largest 
wheat exporting towns of the Upper Mississippi. 
Stillwater Junction. Junction with main line and southern terminus of a 
j branch extending up the west bank of the St. Croix river to Stillwater. 
I You reach St. Paul without change of cars /rom Chicago by this route. 
I St. Antliony. Situated on the east bank of the Mississippi river, at the Falls of 
1 St. Anthony. The river here has a fall of 58 feet, the first which occiirs in ascending 
I the river. The site of the town is an elevated plain, rising by gradual acclivity, and 
I commanding a fine view of the falls. The head of navigation on the river, and in the 
■ immediate vicinity of unlimited water power. Location of the State University. It 
has one weekly paper, one savings bank, a large manufacturing interest, and two 
\ hotels. 

I Minneapolis. Situated on the west bank of the Mississippi river, at the Falls of 

St. Anthony, and opposite the city of St. Anthony, with which it is connected by a 

fine suspension bridge. It is fast becoming a large manufacturing point, possessing 

as it does one of the finest available water powers in the world. The Falls of St. 

Anthony aie divided by an island, as at Niagara, the greater portion of the water 

i passing on the western side, which is 310 yards wide. The entire descent, including 

j the rapids (16>^ feet), is 58 feet in 260 rods. At a low stage of water it is estimated 

] that 450,000 cubic feet of water pass a given point per minute. The commercial inter- 

I ests of Minneapolis, exclusive of its manufactures, amount in the aggregate annually, 

to $11,000,000. The manufacturing interests ai'e varied and extensive; principal arti- 

I cles pi'oduced are castings, woolen goods, flour, sash, doors and blinds, lumber of all 

; kinds, carriages, agricultural implements, paper, etc. 

These towns are reached by rail or by carriage from St. Paul, and on the carriage 
route are passed the famed "Falls of Minne-ha-ha," "Carver's Cave," etc. 



Never look out of the window when it is dark, because your head might run up 
against the parapet of a bridge, or a water crane, etc. 



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ROUTE No. 29. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. All Rail. 

Tickets Si45.30 each from St. Louis. 
" !gS46.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. E. 

Chicago to St. Paul " Milwaukee & St. Paul E. E. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific E. E. 

Return via same route. 

Reaching St. Paul via the Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R., and after spending such 
time as you wish in St. Paul and its vicinity, you take the Northern Pacific R. R. (late 
Lake Snperior & Mississippi R. R.), for Duluth, and pass through 

Sioux City Juuctioii. Southern terminus of Minneapolis and St. Louis R'y, and 
its junction with St. Paul & Sioux City R. R. Close connections made with all trains 
going south. 

Carver, Minn. Also a station on Hastings & Dakota R. R. An important ship- 
ping point of Carver county, situated on the north hank of the Minnesota river, about 
thirty-three miles southwest of St. Paul. 

Chai^ka, Minn. A station on Minneapolis & St. Louis, also on Hastings & Dakota 
R. R. County seat of Carver county, on the north hank of the Minnesota river. Pop- 
ulation of county, 11,286. 

Minneapolis, Minn. Northern terminus of Minneapolis & St. Louis, south- 
western terminus of Minneapolis branch of Lake Superior & Mississippi, and a sta- 
tion on St. Paul & Pacific R. R. For full description of Minneapolis and St. Anthony 
see another page. 

White Bear Linke Junction of the Minneapolis and Stillwater branches of the 
Lake Shore & Michigan R. R. A favorite resort for St. Paulists during the summer 
months. 

StiHwater. Eastern terminus of Stillwater branch of Lake Superior & Missis- 
sippi Division, and northei-n terminus of Stillwater branch of North Wisconsin Division 
of West Wisconsin R. R. The county seat of Washington county, Minn., s ituated at 
the head of Lake St. Croix, on the west bank of the St. Croix river; the head of 
navigation for large boats, and the eastern terminus of the Stillwater branch of the 
Lake Superior & Mississippi R. R. This is the great lumber center of the St. Croix 
Valley: also the location of the Minnesota State Prison. Steamer Nellie Kent leaves 
Stillwater 6.20 p. m. Arrives Taylor's Falls 12.00 midnight. Leaves Tajlor's Falln 
4.00 a.m. Arrives Stillwater 8.00 a. m., connecting with train for St. Paul. Popula 
tion of Taylor's Falls, 1,00.3. 



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Forest Lake. A sheet of water four miles hi length and two miles in width. 

N. P. Junction. Junction with the Lake Superior & Mississippi Division, over 
whose track trains run from this point to Duluth. 

Thomson. County seat of Carlton county, situated at the falls of the St. Loiiis 
river, 23 miles ahove Duluth, and 8 miles above Fond du Lac, the head of steamboat 
navigation. Here is one of the finest water powers in the world. The minimum flow 
of water is about 2,500 cubic feet per second. The fall from Thomson to Fond du 
Lac, about 400 feet, furnishes a power of 113,000 horses, of which seventy-five percent, 
is available. Within the limits of the town site, a little over one mile, the fall is 80 
feet, giving aboiit 17,000 available horse-power, or nearly double that of Lowell. 

Fond du Liac. At the foot of the Dalles of the St. Louis and the head of naviga- 
tion. Fifteen miles west of Duluth. 

Dulutb. County seat of St. Louis county, Minn.; situated at the head of Lake Su- 
perior and at the northern terminus of the Lake Superior & Mississippi Division, 
and the eastern terminus of the Main Line. The location of round house, machine, 
car and repair shops, etc. It has one banking institution, E. W. Clark & Co., bankers, 
(a branch of Philadelphia house). 

Here at the " zenith city of the unsalted seas,'' we are on the shores of " Gitchie 
Gumie,"— the big sea water of the ancient Iroquois, and are in the parts being made 
famous by the building of the great northern route to the Pacific ocean. 

Some months ago a number of gentlemen connected with the Eastern Press made an 
excursion to the lands of the Northern Pacific E. E., and in their report they say: 

" The first place visited was Duluth, and that lively, self-confident, and promisinsr 
little city seems to have won the applause of the whole party. Gov. Bross expressed 
about the average verdict .when he wrote the following to the Chicago Tribune. And 
this estimate of the future of Duluth is the more significant coming from a repre- 
sentative of Chicago; some of whose citizens have chosen to look upon Duluth as a 
rising competitor for the grain trade of the New Northwest: 

" 'About 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon (July 20), our steamer reached the wharf 
of the new city of Duluth, the terminus of a railway from St. Paul, and also the lake 
terminus of the Northern Pacific E'y. When the location of Duluth was first pointed 
out to the writer, on the map, having seen it sixteen years ago, the cost of building 
adequate docks seemed an insuperable difficulty in the way of becoming a great city. 
But the cutting of the canal through Minnesota Point, 250 feet wide, into the Bay of 
Superior, tviUgiv. Duluth one of the best of harbors. By a southeast and east or north- 
east wind, the only direction to be feared, a vessel will run directly into the harbor, 
and of course be safe. The canal is open; steamers pass through it, and docks are 
being put down on either side. 

" 'Duluth is only some two years old; and yet its citizens now claim a population of 
4,000. It has schools and churches, a very fine hotel, the Clark House, and several 
smaller ones; manufactories, and in a very short time will have gas and water works, 



56 Central Route for Summer Tourists. 

and all the appurtenances of a city. It is finely situated on a beautiful slope, rising 
not too abruptly, affording perfect drainage and a magnificent view of the lake. The 
enterprise and the energy of her people have accomplished wonders for Duluth. Does 
some venerable croaker ask, 'Is this to become a great city?' Certainly it is. He 
knows little of the vast fertile country north and west of Lake Superior who will not 
admit her location to be better than that of Detroit, Cleveland, or Buflfalo. Give that 
country population — and population it will have within the next quarter of a century — 
and the position of Duluth alongside of these cities is at once assured.' '' 



ROUTE No. 30. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. All Rail. 

Tickets !S*45.20 each from St. Louis. 
S46.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central E.R. 

Chicago to Elroy " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Elroy to St. Paul " West Wisconsin R. R. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Paciflc R. R. 

Return via same route. 

ROUTE No. 31. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. All Rail. 

Tickets *45.30 each from St. Louis. 
!S;46.40 '' " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Cliic-ago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to St. Paul " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific R. R. 

Duluth to St. Paul " Northern Pacific R. R. 

St. Paul to Elroy " West Wisconsin R. R. 

Elroy to Chicago " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 

Honesty is the best policy, but it is very poor policy not to insure your life against 
accidents by taking a policy in the Travelers' Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. 

To all men I would say, never look out of the window when the car is in motion, 
with your hat on— it might be blown ofi'. 



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ROUTE No. 32. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. All Kail. 

Tickets «45.30 each from St. I.ouis. 
SI46.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago 

Chicago to Elroy 

Elroy to St. Paul 

St. Paul to Duluth 

Duluth to St. Paul 

St. Paul to Chicago 

Chicago to St. Louis 

or Chicago to Cairo 



Illinois Central R. R. 
Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 
West Wisconsin R. R. 
Northern Pacific R.R. 
Northern Pacific R. R. 
Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 
Chicago Through Line. 
Illinois Central R. R. 



ROUTE No. 33. 



St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets «45.30 each from St. Louis. 
" ,*46.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

" Illinois Central R. R. 



^ or Cairo to Chicago 
I Chicago to St. Paul.... 

St. Paul to Duluth 

Duluth to St. PaiTl 

i St. Paul to Dubuque. . . 
I Dubuque to Forreston 
j Forreston to Chicago. 
I Chicago to St. Louis... 
\ or Chicago to Cairo 



Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Northern Pacific R. R. 

Northern Pacific R. R. 

Steamer. 

Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 

Chicago Through Line. 

Illinois Central R. R. 



Some people prefer an upper berth in a sleeping car, and some a lower ; but if 
there was one between the two, I should say give me that for steady riding. 

Do not be always wanting the conductor to let you compare the time of yonr 
watch with his, and asking him how much you are slow ; neither ask him frequently if 
he is on time; or if he is not, when he expects to be. A conductor is not an angel. 

Always be considerate to your fellow passengers, and if yoii are traveling with 
the tailor whom you owe for yonr last new suit of clothes do not let him sit in the 
jjraft of the window. 



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ROUTE No. 34. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets S45.30 each from St. Louis. 
*46.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Elroy " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Elroy to St. Paul " West Wisconsin R. R. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific R. R. 

Duluth to St. Paul " Northern Pacific R. R. 

St. Paul to Dubuque " Steamer. 

Dubuque to Forreston " Illinois Central R. R. 

Forreston to Chicago " Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



ROUTE No. 35. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets $45. 30 each from Si. Louis. 
*46.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Througk Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Forreston " Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 

Forreston to Dubuque " Illinois Central R. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific R. R. 

Duluth to St. Paul " Northern Pacific R. R. 

St. Paul to Chicago " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



The rule of most lines is not to allow passengers to stand on the platform. Some 
evade it by sitting down ; but of the two, as a man and a father, I would rather be 
inside the car. 

It costs a Railroad Company as much to sweep out the leavings of some men as 
they pay for their tickets. If you must eat pea-ntits and apples, put the shells and 
parings in your hat, or else throw them out of the window, but mind you do not hit 
the station master. 



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ROUTE No. 36. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets $45.60 each from St. ILouis. 
" JS46.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central E. R. 

Chicago to Forreston " Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 

Forreston to Dubuque " Illinois Central R. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer, 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific R. R. 

Dulnth to St. Paul " Northern Pacific R. R. 

St. Paul to Elroy " West Wisconsin R. R. 

Elroy to Chicago " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



ROUTE No. 40. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets $33.60 each from St. Louis. 
$34.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Dubuque Via St. Louis & Dubuque Through Line. 

or Cairo to Dubuque " Illinois Central R. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific R. R. 

Return via same route. 



If you look out of the window, never turn your head towards rear of train, unless 
it is backing up; if you strike anything — up goes your hair. 

These are some of Woman's Rights on the cars: To occupy two seats, while I 
stand; to have the window open, while my neck gets stiff; to have the \o\\o\: sleeping- 
car berth; to have her berth made up first; and to have the first chance to wash in 
the morning. 

For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing; dash water into them; remove cinders, etc., 
with the round point of a lead pencil . 

The higher up we get, the more we are watched— the rooster on the top of the 
church-steeple is of more importance, although he is thin, than two roosters in a barn- 
yard. 



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ROUTE No. 41. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets *41.60 each from St. Louis. 
" «43.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Dubuque Via St. Louis &, Dubuque Through Line. 

or Cairo to Dubuque " Illiuois Central R. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific R. R. 

Duluth to St. Paul " Northern Pacific R. R. 

St. Paul to Chicago " Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



ROUTE No. 42. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets !»41.60 each from 8t. I.ouis. 
!»43.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Dubuque Via St. Louis & Dubuque Through Line. 

or Cairo to Dubuque " Illinois Central R. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific R. R. 

Duluth to St. Paul " Northern Pacific R. R. 

St. Paul to Elroy " West Wisconsin R. R. 

Elroy to Chicago " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



A wag went to the station of one of the railroads one evening, and finding the best 
car full, said in a low tone, "Why, this car isn't going." Of course this caused a 
general stampede, and the wag took the best scat. In the midst of the indignation the 
wag was a^^ked : " Why did you say this car wasn't going ?" "Well, it wasn't then,"' 
replied the wag, " but it is now." 

No man can learn patience except by going out into the hurly-burly world, and 
taking life just as it blows. Patience is but lying to, and riding out the gale. 

There is one lady in Chicago down on rubber bustles. The slippery condition of 
the flagging necessitated her sitting down with enthusiastic suddenness, and the* 
rebound that followed drove her head through a sixty dollar showcase. 



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ROUTE No. 43. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets S39.60 each from Nt. Louis. 
!»40.80 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Dubuque Via St. Louis & Dubuque Through Line. 

or Cairo to Dubuque " Illinois Central R. R. 

Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific R. R. 

Duluth to St. Paul " Northern Pacific R. R. 

St. Paul to Dubuque " Steamer. 

Dubuque to Forreston " Illinois Central R. R. 

Forreston to Chicago " Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



I MARQUETTE TO DULUTH, VIA UNION STEAMBOAT CO.'S LINE OF 
j SIDE -WHEEL STEAMERS. 

These elegant Boats leave Marquette in the morning, and pass by the Huron Islands, 
i Manitou Island, around Kewenaw Point, past Fort William, p]agle Harbor, Eagle River, 

Ontonagon, the Pewabic Copper Mines, Copper Harbor, Ashland, Bayfield, and so up to 
i Fond du Lac and Duluth. We have an attractive trip on magnificent boats, over the largest 

lake in the world. Lake Superior is noted for its clear, cold water, (it being so clear that 

from the deck of the steamer you can plainly see the great lake trout playing in the water, 
I forty feet below the surface) ; you pass within sight of the shores of the lake, which are 
' in many places mountainous, and clothed in the verdure of the pine, hemlock, spruce, fir, 
; and other evergreen trees. A more delightful trip for the hot days of summer, cannot be 
j had within the bounds of the American continent. The Steamers are large, staunch, finely 

equipped, and commanded by officers whose superiors In courtesy and kindness cannot be 
I found anywhere. This trip alone is worth, to the lover of nature, more than the price 

we charge for any ticket noted in these pages. 



To newly married coupleB I would say, do not be deterred from the sweet inter- 
change of tender glances and tokens of affection by the offensive notice of other 
passengers. " Frail and fleeting are the joys of Love's young dream." Besides, you 
will awaken the agreeable memories of crabby couples who were married some time 
ago. 

If yoii must walk across the track, look both sides and behind and before you all 
the time, and mind yonr foot does not get stuck between the rails. 



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ToiuiaU. 



ROUTE No. 37. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets *48.20 each from St. JLouis. 
*49.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Liue. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Negaunee " Chicago & Xorth western K. K. 

Negaunee to Marquette " Marquette* Ontonagon R. R. 

Marquette to Duluth " Union Steamboat Co. 

Duluth to St. Paul •' Northern Pacific R. R. 

St. Paul to Elroy " West Wisconsin R. R. 

Elroy to Chicago " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis •' Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



ROUTE No. 38. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets S>48.30 each from Ht. L,oixi.s. 
S49.40 " " Cairo. 

St. Louis to Chicago Via Chicago Through Line. 

or Cairo to Chicago " Illinois Central R. R. 

Chicago to Elroy " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Elroy to St. Paul " West Wisconsin R. R. 

St. Paul to Duluth " Northern Pacific R. R. 

Duluth to Marquette •' Union Steamboat Co. 

Marquette to Negaunee " Marquette & Ontonagon R. R. 

Negaunee to Chicago " Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Chicago to St. Louis " Chicago Through Line. 

or Chicago to Cairo " Illinois Central R. R. 



Never attempt to get in or out of a railway car while it is moving, unless you pre 
fer a pair of basswood legs. Some elderly men do it to show their agility, hut I thirt 
they show their tomfoolery. 

Beware of juelding to the sudden impulse to spring from the car to recover you 
hat which has blown off. unless you want that hat in the worst way. 

Never try to hand things into car windows when the train is moving. I saw a mai 
once lose his footing, and afterwards his foot. 

Tc a young woman I would say, never love a man because he wears a ragged coatl' 



(Jentral Houie for ISwinnur TourixU. 



68 



ROUTE No. 39. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer. 

Tickets *48.30 each fr<mi .St. Louis. 
!*49.40 " * Cairo. 



I St. Louis to (Jlucago 

! or Cairo to Chicago 

Chicago to Negaunee 

Xegaunee to Marquette. 

Marquette to Duluth 

Duluth to St. Paul 

St. Paul to Dubuque 

Dubuque to St. Louis. . . 

I or Dubuque to Cairo 



ia Chicago Through Liue. 
' Illinois Central R. K. 

Chicago & Northwestern R. R. 

Marquette & Ontonagon R. R. 

Union Steamboat Co. 

Northern Pacific R. R. 

Steamer. 

St. Louis & Dubuque Through Line. 

Illinois Central R. R. 



ROUTE No. 44. 

St. Louis or Cairo to Duluth and return. Rail and Steamer, 

Tickets *48.30 each fiom St. Louis. 
*49.40 •• •' Cairo. 



I St. Louis to Dubuque Via St. Louis & Dubuque Through Liue. 

1 or Cairo to Dubuque •' Illinois Central R. R. 

'i Dubuque to St. Paul " Steamer. 



I St. Paul to Duluth 

Duluth to Marquette 

Marquette to Negaunee... 

Negaunee to Chicago 

Chicago to St. Louis 

or Chicago to Cairo 



Northern Pacific R. R. 
I'nion Steamboat Co. 
Marquette & Ontonagon R. K. 
Chicago & Northwestern R.R. 
Chicago Through Line. 
Illinois Central R. R. 



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ST. LOUIS & CAIRO SHORT LINE 



Ne^v Orleans Line. 

THE DIRECT ROUTE FROM ST. LOUIS TO 

Cairo, Memphis, Vicksburg, Mobile, New Orleaus, 



AND ALL PARTS OF THE SOUTH. 



IT IS 35 MILES SHORTER 

And Hou.rs Quicker than any other Route. 



No Change of Cars from St. Louis to Cairo. 

FOR THROXJGH TICKETS 

Apply at the Illinois Central R. R. Ticket Office, 102 North Fourth Street, St. Louis . 



W. G. BROUGHTON, W. H. STENNETT, W. P. JOHNSON, 

Gen. Siip'f B. d S. I. R. R.. Gen. Agent, Gen. Pass. AgH 1. V. R. R., 

ST. LOUIS. Sr. LOUIS. ., CHICAGO 

A. ATKINS, Traveling Agent. Kansas City. 



6() Ueiifrtif Route for Summer TourisU. 

ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. 

St. Loio-is Tliroug^h. Line. 

THE DIRECT ROTATE FROM 

ch:ic^^<^<:> to htt. loxjis 

Without Change of Cars! 

MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH LINES GOING WEST FROM ST. LOUIS FOR 

Kansas City, Leavenworth! 

ATCHISON, ST. JOSEPH, LAWEENOE, TOPEKA, 

DENVER, SAN FRANCISCO, 

And all parts of the Southwest. 
m^-FOR THROUG-H TICKETS APPLY AT THE 

Illinois Central R. R. Ticket Office, 

lt!l Randolph Street, near cor. Clark. 

Also at the GREAT CENTRAL DEPOT, foot of Lake Street, and at the Depot, 
foot of Twenty-Second Street, Chicago, and at the i)rincipal Raihoad Otfices 
throughout the LTnited States and Canada. 

M. BARRON, W. P. JOHNSON, A. MITCHELL, 

Trnvelinij: Agent, ( ;cn"l I'ass. Agent. Cieu'l Sup't. 

Cliicairo. Chicasjo. Chicajfoj 



Ventral Routt for t^wiiiium' T<niniits. 67 



ILLINOIS CENTRAL R, R 

Cairo n Mefnphis and Wew Orleans Line. 



THE ONLY DIRECT ROFTE FROM 

a^KXCJ^OrO TO O^II^O 

AND ALL, PARTS OF THE SOUTH. 



^IT IS 150 MILES SHORTER, and 

FROM 12 TO 24 HOURS QUICKER 

THAN ANY OTHER ROUTE. .^ 



]SrO CHANGE OF CARS 
\ Fiona OHIO-A^GO TO CAII^O. 

FOR THROUGH TICKETS 

Apply at the Illinois Central Ticket Office, 

1121 Randolph Street, near corner Clark. 

Also at the GREAT CENTRAL DEPOT, foot of Lake Street, and at Depot foot of 

Twenty-Second Street, Chicago, and at the principal Railroad Offices 

throughout the United States and Canada. 



M. BARRON, W. P. JOHNSON, A. MITCHELL, 

Traveling Agent. Gen'l Pass. Agent, Gen'l Sup't, 

Chicago. Chicago. Chicago. 



68 Central Bfjute fw Summer Tourists. 

ST. LOUIS AND CAIRO SHORT LINE. 

Southern Connections by Rail, 



At Columbus, Ky., with trains of Mobile and Ohio R. R., through without change 
to Jackson. Tenn., Corinth. Macon, Meridian, Mobile and New Orleans. 

At Union City, with through trains of Nashville & Northwestern, and Nashville &, 
Chattanooga Railroads for McKenzie, Johnsonville, Nashville, Murfreesboro, TuUa- 
homa, Decherd, Stevenson and Chattanooga. 

At Humboldt, with Mississippi Central, and New Orleans & Jackson R. R through 
trains to Grand Junction, Holly Springs, Grenada, Canton, Jackson, Mies., and New 
Orleans. 

At Memphis, with trains for Little Rock and Fort Smith. 

At Jackson, Miss., with Vicksburg & Meridian R. R., for Vicksburg : thence by 
North Louisiana & Texas R. R. to Monroe, La., and Shreveport. 

At New Orleans, with Rail and Steamship Lines for Galveston, Houston, and al! 
points in Texas. 

At Meridian, with Selma & Meridian R. R. for Selma, Montgomery and Eufaula. 

At Corinth, with Memphis & Charleston R. R. for Tuscumbia, Decatur, Huntsvilli 
Stevenson and Chattanooga. 

At Nashville, with Louisville, Nashville & (ireat Southern R R. for Decatur, Calerj) 
Selma, Montgomery, and Eufaula. 

At Chattanooga, with East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia R. R. for Knoxvilh 
Bristol, Lynchburg and Petersburg, without change. 

At Chattanooga, with Western & Atlantic R. R. for Dalton, Kingston and Atlanta. 

At Atlanta, with Roads diverging for Macon, Augusta, Selma, Montgomery, Charles 
ton, Savannah, Columbia, Charlotte, Salisbury, Greensboro, and intermediate points 



Connections by Stage and River. 



At Du Tail's Bluff, with White River Packets for Jacksonport, and with Stages f< 
all principal points in Northeastern Arkansas. 

At Little Kock, with Arkansas River Packets for all river points, and with foul 
horse Coaches for Hot Springs, Clarksville and points in Southern Arkansas. Als. 
with Little Rock & Fort Smith R. R. for Lewisburg, from which point four-hora 
Concord Coaches run daily to Fort Smith, Van Buren, and points in Wester 
Arkansas. 

From Monroe, JLa., A splendid Hne of Coaches runs daily [connecting with Norti 
Louisiana and Texas R. R.] for Shrevepcrt. connecting with Southern Pacific R. r 
at Shreveport for Marshall and Longview. Texas: also with triweekly line of ha( R 
to Bastrop, La., and Hamburg, .\rk. 



ILLINOIS CENTRAL BAILBOAD 

THROUGH LINES. 

Saint Louis and Chicago. 

NO CHANGE OF CARS TO CHICAGO. 

Eastern passengers change CJars in Union Depots. No Omnibus Transfer in Chicago. 
Omnibuses leave the Ticket Office, 102 North Fourth Street, twice daily. 

Chicago passengers are landed at the Great Central Depot, foot of Lake Street. 
Passengers by this line have the choice of all routes from Chicago, by the Pittsburg 
& Fort Wayne, Michigan Southern or Michigan Central Roads, ai d to all points in 
the Northwest. 

St. Louis and Cairo Short Line. 

j 32 MILES SAVED GOING SOUTH. 

NO CHANGE OF CARS. This is the shortest and quickest route to CAIRO, 
COLUMBUS, MEMPHIS. NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE, and all points South. 
! MORNING EXPRESS connects with through train on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. 
NEW ORLEANS FAST LINE connects wiUi through cars for New Orleans, Mobile. 
I and all intermediate points. 

iST. LOUIS A.:N^D DUBUQUE. 

\ Omnibuses leave the Ticket Office, 102 North Fourth Street, twice daily. 

t This is the Direct Route to 

IdECATUR, BLOOMINGTON, la SALLE, EL PASO, 

DIXON, MENDOTA, DUBUQUE, FREEPORT, 

i FORT DODGE, WATERLOO, SIOUX CITY, PEORIA, 

I SAINT PAUL AND THE NORTHWEST. 



I Time Faster than by any other Route. 

Ipalaoe sleeping oars on all night trains. 

I Baggage Checked Through to all, Points. 

JTicket Office, 102 Noith Fourth Street, St. Louis, Mo. 

W. H. STENNETT, General Agent. 

P. JOHNSON, A. MITCHELL, 

Gen'l Pass. Ag't I. C. R. R., Chicago. Gen'l Sup't I. C. Ft. R., Chicago. 



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Contracts for delivery of freight by Illinois Central Railroad to all points North, 
East and South made by W. n. Stennett, General Agent "Blue," "Green," and 
■' National Dispatch" Fast Freight Lines. Cars loaded for through points East. 

Office, corner Fourth and Chestnut Streets, St. Louis, Mo. 



THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILWAY CO. 

Have for Sale, In Tracts of Forty Aeres and opward«, 

At from $6 to $10 per Acre, in Four Annual Payments, 

350,000 ACRES 

OF THE 

Fai-nxing- and. Fruit Lands of* Illinois, 



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ALL LYING ADJACENT TO THEIR ROAD. 
5^~ The Title to these Lands is Clear, and in fee-simple from the State. 

TEKMS OF PAYMENT.— These Lands are sold on credit or for eash. A deduction of 
10 per cent, from the credit price is made to those who purchase for casli. Example— 
Forty acres at $8 per acre, on credit : 

Interest. Principal. Ii.terest. Prim-inal. 

Cash Pajranil $14.40 $H0 I Pajinont In l«o yvar> »4.H0 «S» 

Payment In one year tt.fiO H«) | Pii.vmrnl in throe jpiii-k 80 

The'sanie land may he purchased for ^288 in cash. 
Descriptive pamphlets, with maps, furnished gratuitouslj by addressing 

TETER DAGGY, Laud Commissioner, 

58 Michigan Avenue, CHICACJO, ILL.. 



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